Woman, neighbors feud over her skimpy outdoor attire
By CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, Lowell Sun Staff

Several cute little scarecrows are stuck in the bark mulch alongside Janie Polay's driveway. They're the colors of Halloween orange and black.

Next to the festive scarecrow is a small placard featuring a provocative photograph of Polay wearing a tight cut-off T-shirt, and short denim shorts with the top button undone.

Under the picture is the caption: "While an original is always hard to find, she is easy to recognize."

Polay puts the photograph and another much larger picture of herself straddling a bike in a bikini out every day in the driveway of her Westview Road home to spite her neighbors.

Several of them have complained to City Hall about Polay's wont for wearing the skimpiest of bathing suits while sunbathing and gardening.

"We're not talking just an ordinary G-string here," says neighbor Dottie Hayes, who runs a home day-care operation. "We're talking dental floss."

But Polay, a divorced mother of two and grandmother of four, says she stays on her property and can dress the way she wants. "The way I dress is nothing unusual, this is up-to-date fashion," says Polay, a model. "I don't think they would have a problem if I was a 400-pound woman in a thong." Read more (and see the pic!)