Seniors at Sudbury apartment building haven’t had a working elevator in almost half a year

Residents at Place Nolin in Sudbury haven’t had a working elevator in nearly six months. The senior’s building is a 40-unit, five-level building, run independently by its own board of directors.

Residents at Place Nolin in Sudbury haven’t had a working elevator in nearly six months.

The senior’s building is a 40-unit, five-level building, run independently by its own board of directors.

Residents were informed June 24 that the elevator was going to take three months to fix.

Tenants are still waiting.

Laurette Eckhoff is in her 70s and has lived at Place Nolin for over a year. Her sister, Rita Belanger, is in her 80s and is legally blind. She’s lived at Nolin for 18 years.

"I can go to the grocery store and I'll pick her up a few things that she needs and I've done her laundry because she can't do it at all, you know, going up and down," Eckhoff said.