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Opponents of Flat Top Development Meet Tonight
After a summer off, opponents of a plan to build 36 new homes atop Montecito Heights are getting back to work tonight.

David Fonseca is the editor of Mount Washington-Highland Park Patch. He got his start in reporting as an intern for the Fall River Herald News in southeastern Massachusetts in 2005.
After earning his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2006, he worked as both a freelancer and as a crime and education reporter for the Bourne and Sandwich Enterprise newspapers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
David briefly freelanced for South Pasadena Patch before launching Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch in December of 2010.
When not reporting, he enjoys playing basketball, watching movies and doing his darndest to overcome inertia.
After a summer off, opponents of a plan to build 36 new homes atop Montecito Heights are getting back to work tonight.

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