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Stevensville resident tells council town sided with neighbors in years-long dispute
Summary
During public comment at a Stevensville Town Council meeting, Sarah Murphy of Vertus Farm accused neighbors of a longstanding harassment campaign and questioned the town's use of taxpayer-funded legal work to support those neighbors while water and sewer problems remain unresolved.
Sarah Murphy, owner of Vertus Farm at 523 East Third Street in Stevensville, told the Town Council during public comment that a years-long dispute with neighbors has escalated and that she objects to the town’s decision to spend taxpayer money on legal fees that she says have been used to support private citizens in that dispute.
Murphy said she has repeatedly offered to work with the town at no cost to address any legitimate code or safety concerns but that the town instead “bought into” her neighbors’ complaints. She told the council she was denied an agenda item and…
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