“The family has always considered the portion of road by their land abandoned, and therefore their private property.
But not everyone in town agrees: Officials mentioned at multiple meetings last summer that the road is open to the public, Hadyniak said, and that the family is illegally posting it. The Hadyniak’s wooden barricades were run over by an ATV later that month, and shortly after, a private property sign was vandalized to say “town road open to public.”
Now, Hadyniak, an attorney, is representing his family in a lawsuit against the town, claiming ownership of part of the road. The town is fighting back, wracking up thousands in legal fees, paid by taxpayers, to counter that the family is obstructing a public right of way.”
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