PEABODY, MA – No more billboards. If there ever were a plaintive cry from Peabody city councilors, that would be it. Councilors though are trying to ensure that soon becomes a reality. Two separate motions came from the council earlier this month – the first to have City Solicitor Michael Smerczynski draft language to permanently ban
An iconic roadway deserves more billboards! City staffers in West Hollywood are concerned the Sunset Strip is losing its edge as a creative advertising mecca-they want to amp up the strip’s billboard game. They’re set to propose next week the installation of more than a dozen new billboards on the Sunset Strip over the next
EATONTOWN, NJ: The borough council is looking for more information before signing off on the installation of a new billboard along the Route 35 corridor. David Klein Outdoor Advertising is looking to put a digital billboard 160 Route 35 on the site of a Rayco Total Auto Repair shop located just before the Route 35/36
Many out of home leases require lease payments annually in advance. Is prepaid rent recoverable if a lease terminates early? Not unless you have a refund clause. That’s the lesson of Eujoy Realty v Wagner Communications. Here are the facts:
MERIDEN, CT – Drivers on Interstate 691 might notice a new digital billboard flashing advertisements near Exit 8. Overlooking the westbound side of the highway, the location was ideal, said David Gannon, owner of Independent Outdoor Network, which operates billboards in Connecticut and Massachusetts. “There’s a lot of traffic. (I-691) is a nice connector route
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Zoning Board of Adjustment rejected one application to install an L.E.D. billboard in Pine Brook but approved another at their meeting on April 5. The signs, proposed for #1 Route 46 East and #86 Route 46 West in Pine Brook, would replace existing, static billboards that have been in
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana issued an order granting the City of Missoula’s motion for summary judgment in a case challenging the constitutionality of its sign code. The court found that the city’s code was content neutral as applied to the plaintiff, and that the code satisfied the Central
A Pittsburgh nonprofit wants to replace the controversial black and yellow Sprint sign on Mt. Washington with a Hollywood-style letter sign. Scenic Pittsburgh sent a letter to Louisiana-based Lamar Advertising, which owns the 7,200-square-foot billboard, asking them to donate or sell the property to the organization. Lamar is in a legal battle with the
Throwing out a law that’s governed outdoor advertising in Tennessee for the past 45 years, a federal judge in Memphis has ruled that the state’s Billboard Regulation and Control Act is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla said the 1972 law “does not survive First Amendment scrutiny” because it bans some forms of commercial and non-commercial
