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One of the many controversial signs Hercules Fence posts. This one was posted during Breast Cancer Awareness month.Inside the Hercules Fence company office, a bulletin board is covered with yellowed newspaper clippings from every time the business has drawn attention — often from out-of-town press.

Other controversial signs at Hercules Fence Co.:
*2005: During Violence Awareness Week: "Take your ex-wife out. One bullet oughta do it."

*2007: "What has four wheels and flies? A dead cripple in a wheelchair." Advocates for the disabled picketed outside the business. The principal at Hillcrest School, which works with disabled students, expressed dismay; the company had done fence work at the school.

The company’s manager, Mike Garza, said the business is eager to get some fresh clippings.

The 58-year-old business’s claim to notoriety has little to do with fences, but rather the messages it posts on a roadside sign at its 4660 SE Maricamp Road location.

Now comes the latest offering. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, while many businesses are awash in pink ribbons and encouraging slogans, Hercules Fence has taken the opposite tack. The company posted on its sign a message to women that a breast inspection site is 20 feet ahead, and encourages them to display their breasts as they pass by.

Cary Socci: - owner of Future Fence Co. in MamaroneckCary Socci began his career in the fence installation industry at the most legendary concert in the country’s history.

It was 1969, and the then 20-year-old and a friend were commissioned by Bronx-based Gun Hill Fence Co. to fashion three miles of chain-link fence around the perimeter of Woodstock.

Q: What is the “line fence law”?

A: Ohio’s line fence law, also referred to as the “partition fence law,” establishes rights and obligations for fences that are placed on the division line between properties in Ohio’s unincorporated areas. The Ohio General Assembly’s revisions to the line fence law became effective Sept. 30, 2008.

Q: Does the line fence law apply to all property?

ISLAND PARK — Learn all about the meaning and impacts of fences from an environmental historian’s perspective, get updated on the Harriman State Park fencing project, and enjoy a great meal at the Island Park Historical Society’s annual meeting, set for 5 p.m. Saturday, June 12 at Pond’s Lodge.

“Don’t Fence Me In,” is a slide show and talk by Boise State University history professor, Lisa Brady. Her presentation is funded through a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council and donations from Pond’s Lodge and the Island Park News.

After a shipment of fencing coming through Seattle's port from China was found to contain many crop-sensitive invasive caterpillars, federal inspectors began holding all fence shipments from the company. They uncovered an assortment of pests that if unstopped could have damaged thousands of dollars in crops.

Even the inspectors acknowledged they didn't have to search hard.

A Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition, Between Fences, will be on view from Wednesday, May 15 to Friday, July 11, at the Milton Historical Society, 210 Union St., Milton.

Through a selection of artifacts, photographs and illustrations, Between Fences will surprise audiences with its exploration of the multiple meanings behind this everyday icon.

Whether made of split rails, decorative white pickets or tall chain link, a fence conveys information about the people who built it, how they view and use their property, and the nature of their relations with their neighbors.

What happens when private citizens appoint themselves gatekeepers of public property? A tipster who calls herself "an upset East Boston resident looking for answers" writes to tell GlobeWatch about a shortcut blocked by a newly installed fence erected by someone who apparently doesn't want the neighbors getting too familiar.

Legislation proposed in Nevada would require homeowners to enclose swimming pools with fences or equip the pools with alarms. Supporters of the bill say it would help prevent child drownings, but critics say it would be a costly expense for homeowners. Pool experts say an alarm system can cost as little as $20, while a fence runs more than $1,000.

DAYTON — A man originally caught dismantling and stealing a house's wrought-iron fence faces additional charges after police recovered stolen antique architectural items he had stored in a warehouse that also didn't belong to him.

Charles D. Wilson, 55, of Dayton, was first arrested at 4:44 a.m. on March 9 outside of a house in the 500 block of Steele Avenue. The home's owner called police and said he was watching a man using a shovel and steel rod to take apart the small fence surrounding his house, said Dayton Sgt. Moe Perez.