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Irate Goshen farmer blocks highway project over fence
A 74-year-old Goshen farmer named Stephen C. Smith set up a three-wagon roadblock on a state highway project to protest a fence removal. He said the state offered $200 to $300 per acre but he never received payment or further contact. Smith demanded replacement fencing on his side of the new access road, arguing it would keep his cattle in and protect his land while the state and contractor, John Arbore Construction Co of Poughkeepsie, continued work with no comment from project director Joseph Obermeyer.
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