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October 27, 2007

The Dangers of Sprawl

Some people really don't like subdivisions.

NEWPORT, Maine - Twenty-four hours after Newport selectmen refused to sign a three-page ultimatum from the Whitaker family of Plymouth, the family removed a massive culvert and dug a deep trench, cutting off access to 14 homes.

"It’s unbelievable," resident James Winn said Friday morning. "There’s a crater in the road."

Within an hour, Newport officials had opened up an alternative roadway and by 4 p.m. — with a court order in hand — town employees were putting the Whitaker Road back together again.

Newport’s attorney, Ed Bearor, said the court order prohibits the Whitaker family from touching the road until a court hearing next week.

The deconstruction Friday morning took everyone by surprise.

I'm thinking the Whitakers probably won't be invited to many dinners with neighbors anytime soon.

Posted by slublog at October 27, 2007 07:25 PM

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