Sale clears ongoing blight issue

A real estate transaction may resolve a longstanding blight issue within the city of Ely.

City officials indicated this week that a home, long deemed uninhabitable, at 45 East Boundary Street has been sold.

New owners are committed to making repairs ordered by the city, and the transaction will allow the city to collect $16,000 in fines that had been assessed against property owners Jason Gillson and Mark Herman.