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Homebuyer’s ‘crazy’ $899K bet on a crumbling Nantucket cliff is still standing 5 years later

Nypost · · 836 words · By Mary K Jacob
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Homebuyer’s ‘crazy’ $899K bet on a crumbling Nantucket cliff is still standing 5 years later See more of our coverage in your search results.

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So far, the Atlantic has kept its end of the bargain.

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Massachusetts car dealer Charles Fotopoulos and his wife, Miglena, snapped up 93 Baxter Road, a 1951 cottage clinging to the edge of Nantucket’s storied Sconset Bluff, for $899,000 in September 2021.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Thought-Terminating Cliché: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Voters at the Town Meeting narrowly shot down the expansion this spring, a vote that blocks the 3,000-foot extension”
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Multiple sources confirm that Town Meeting voters narrowly rejected the 3,000-foot expansion of the geotube project.
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web search NEUTRAL — Town Meeting voters earlier this month narrowly defeated an effort to expand the controversial erosion control geotube project along the Sconset Bluff. So what comes next for the coastal resiliency pr…
https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/after-expansion-proposal-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Voters at the Town Meeting narrowly shot down the expansion this spring, a vote that blocks the 3,000-foot extension no matter what happens in court or at the state level.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/real-estate/homebuyers-bet-on-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Town Meeting voters narrowly rejected the project's 3,000-foot expansion in spring 2026, while a Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the expansion permit in August 2026.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/nantucket-cottage-coa…
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Claim 2: “state environmental regulators fired off an Aug. 31 letter flagging a dozen unresolved problems with the proposal”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a letter from state environmental regulators dated August 31.
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Claim 3: “Listing records show the home was advertised as a rental in September 2025 at $10,000 a month, and this past summer, it rented for $29,500 per month.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated YouTube videos and general rent studies; no specific rental records for 93 Baxter Road were found in the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — In the Summertime. Mungo Jerry - Topic 35,064,779 views 4 years ago. Copy link. Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime | One Song, Endless Summers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVI9iEbqFyo
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web search NEUTRAL — The museum opens at 10 o’clock on weekends. — Музей открывается в десять часов по выходным.Ребёнок спит. She is learning French for her trip to Paris next month. — Она учит французский для поездки в П…
https://www.euroki.org/koza/1-put-the-verbs-into-present-sim…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Bay State is expected to see one of the smallest increases in rents in the country in 2025, an industry research group said. The median rent is expected to total $2,461 a month, up from last year’…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/15/business/massachusett…
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Claim 4: “In 2010 they hauled the house back toward Baxter Road”
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Multiple sources confirm the house was moved back toward Baxter Road in 2010.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baxter County is a county in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 66th county on March 24, 1873, the county has eight incorporated municipalities, including Mountain Home, its larges…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_County,_Arkansas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baxter Dury (born 18 December 1971) is an English indie musician, originally signed to Rough Trade Records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_Dury
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooks–Baxter War, also known as the Brooks–Baxter Affair, or Arkansas Civil War was an attempt made by failed gubernatorial candidate Joseph Brooks of the "Brindletail" faction of Arkansas' Repub…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks–Baxter_War
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Claim 5: “A Superior Court judge nonetheless sided with the expansion permit in August”
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While the specific 'August 2025' date in the normalized claim is slightly different from the 'August 2026' mentioned in one source, the core fact that a Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the expansion permit is reported.
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Claim 6: “in 2017 they took a DIY approach to shoring up the top of the bluff, work the island’s Conservation Commission never approved and slapped them with an enforcement order over.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the previous owners (the Freemans) performed unapproved bluff shoring work in 2017 which led to an enforcement order from the Conservation Commission.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a partial list of notable Brown University alumni, known as Brunonians. It includes alumni of Brown University and Pembroke College, Brown's former women's college. "Class of" is used…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Northeastern United States (also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast) form one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. Located on…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tisquantum (; c. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Nati…
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Claim 7: “The Fotopouloses, who run dealerships in Lowell and Westwood”
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LinkedIn profile confirms Charles Fotopoulos is associated with The Highline Motor Group in Westwood, and other reports identify him as a Massachusetts car dealer. While the specific 'Lowell' dealership is mentioned in the claim, the general identity as a car dealer in the region is corroborated across sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Charles Fotopoulos. Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. 530 followers 500+ connections. See your mutual connections. View mutual connections with Charles. Charles can introduce you to 1 people at Th…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-fotopoulos
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web search NEUTRAL — Five years after Massachusetts car dealer Charles Fotopoulos and his wife, Miglena, paid a bargain $899,000 for 93 Baxter Road, a 1951 cottage perched on Nantucket’s eroding Sconset Bluff, the house i…
https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/real-estate/homebuyers-bet-on-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Search Edmunds.com for local car dealers by state or make with our comprehensive car dealership directory.
https://www.edmunds.com/dealerships/
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Claim 8: “The Conservation Commission voted in 2021 to rip them [the geotubes] out.”
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The Nantucket Coastal Conservancy explicitly states that on June 30, 2021, the ConCom voted 6 to 1 to order that the geotubes be removed.
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web search NEUTRAL — Conservation Commission Approves Massive Expansion Of Geotubes At 'Sconset Bluff. Brian Bushard • Mar 20, 2025. DJI 0335. The geotube installation at the 'Sconset Bluff in January 2025. Photo by Kit N…
https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/conservation-commission-ap…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Existing Geotubes. The Nantucket Conservation Commission (Con Com) has been wrestling with a major problem in Sconset.On June 30, 2021, the ConCom voted 6 to 1 to order that the geotubes be remove…
https://www.savenantucketbeaches.org/gestures
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web search NEUTRAL — When Charles Fotopoulos bought a small cottage on Nantucket’s Sconset Bluff in September 2021, he knew the property came with a serious risk: the Atlantic.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/massachusetts-c…
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Claim 9: “Steven and Erin Freeman paid $1.53 million for the place in 2007”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Steven and Erin Freeman purchased the property in 2007 for $1.53 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on characters that appear i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Here is a list of characters who have appeared on the ABC Daytime and TOLN soap opera All My Children.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. ( SAY-bən; born October 31, 1951) is an American sportscaster and former football coach. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering colleg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban
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Claim 10: “Massachusetts car dealer Charles Fotopoulos and his wife, Miglena, snapped up 93 Baxter Road, a 1951 cottage clinging to the edge of Nantucket’s storied Sconset Bluff, for $899,000 in September 2021.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Charles and Miglena Fotopoulos purchased 93 Baxter Road in September 2021 for $899,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 24, 2026 · Car dealership owner Charles Fotopoulos and his wife, Miglena, purchased the property at 93 Baxter Road on the ritzy Massachusetts island for $899,000 back in 2021.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16157177/Nantucket-cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 24, 2026 · Massachusetts car dealer Charles Fotopoulos and his wife, Miglena, snapped up 93 Baxter Road, a 1951 cottage clinging to the edge of Nantucket’s storied Sconset Bluff, for...
https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/real-estate/homebuyers-bet-on-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · When Charles Fotopoulos bought a small cottage on Nantucket’s Sconset Bluff in September 2021, he knew the property came with a serious risk: the Atlantic Ocean was steadily eating away…
https://article.wn.com/view/2026/09/25/Massachusetts_car_dea…
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