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The matter of the Cropsey’s refusal to answer questions before the Litchfield Board of Zoning Appeal about the character of their gun club is in the hands of Litchfield Superior Court Judge Vincent Roche. The matter was presented to the judge on October 27, 2008 . The judge is studying the legal papers presented by both sides and is expected to issue a ruling on whether the Cropseys are compelled to answer questions about the business nature of their activities in a residential zone.

Perley Grimes, attorney for the Cropsey’s made a very long argument before the court about why the subpoenas requiring the Cropseys and Nick Boydon to answer questions were not valid.

Nick Boyden of Kent, the manager of the Gun Club were present in court, as was Mr. Howard Cropsey. Howard Cropsey, along with his mother, Joyce, and brother, James of Tilton, New Hampshire, are the proponents of  the expanded shooting and dog training activity at their father’s estate on Blue Swamp Road in Milton.

LITCHFIELD-Controversy over the activities of a gun club in the Milton section of town continued this week when more than 200 people showed up for a hearing held by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Tuesday at the Litchfield Firehouse.

In the end, the ZBA’s role in any decision on the status of the gun club was stalled. The case is now heading to Litchfield Superior Court-a venue where, some say, it should have been all along.

Tuesday’s hearing, which also drew television news teams from FOX 61 and NBC-30, was the latest development in an ongoing dispute between Milton residents living near property owned by the Cropsey family, which, since 1962, has hosted private shooting activities on its 185 acres. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night, 7 October 2008, the Litchfield Zoning Board of Appeals voted to continue its Public Hearing on the matter of the appeal of citizens of Mlton to the previous finding by the Litchfield Planning and Zoning Commission. The Hearing was continued because the attorney for the Cropseys and their professional business manager Nicholas Boyden, refused to allow Boyden and the Cropseys to be examined about their plans for the gun club, even though they were asked to do so with a month’s notice and in defiance of subsequent subpoenas.

Please go to:  protectlitchfield.org   for more information about the Cropsey Gun Club and efforts to stop it.