GORHAM — The lawsuit filed by residents against the state and town over OHRV access in the Lancaster Road/Crestwood Drive neighborhood is now awaiting a decision by the court as both sides have filed post-trial documents.
A three-day bench trial was held last October in Grafton Superior Court before Judge Lawrence McLeod in a case that dates back to March 2018. The parties had until Dec. 3 to submit post-trial findings but the defense requested an extension to Dec. 17.
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