The Schoharie County Supreme Court has made its ruling in the Durfee Road pig case in Middleburgh but that does not mean issue is dead.
Members of the Lepore family attended last week's Middleburgh town board meeting defending the work of pig farmer Michael Lepore and verbally attacking the actions of highway Superintendent Dale Nunamann.
The town has taken Mr. Lepore to Supreme Court and an injunction was handed down in December not allowing pigs to roam on the dead-end town road. Mr. Lepore can be arrested if the injunction is not followed.
On Thursday, Mr. Lepore said there are no problems.
"Everything is under control," he told board members. "There are no pigs on the road."
Mr. Nunamann said there were two pigs on the road this month.
"You're doing a better job," he told Mr. Lepore.
Mr. Lepore said he is working on his fence every day.
"There are no pigs in that road, wrecking that road," he added.
He did admit, "every once in a while a piglet gets out."
He warned Mr. Nunamann to stay away from his property and not take any pictures on his land or he would press harassment charges.
"The road is your job," Mr. Lepore told Mr. Nunamann.
"My farm is my business."
He said he is not selling and does not want to be harassed.
"The town road is a town road," he said. "My property is my business."
Mr. Nunamann answered, "The town road is my business."
Mr. Nunamann said he has only taken pictures from the road.
Supervisor James Buzon said officials are hoping to improve relations with the farmers and start new from this point.
After Mr. Lepore spoke, his mother and father gave their opinions of the situation.
Carol Lepore said Mr. Nunamann called family members and said people would be arrested.
"Mind you own little business, please," she told Mr. Nunamann.
She said that road had been bad for 30 years before it was fixed last year and she got hurt on the road.
Mr. Lepore's father, Michael Lepore, said Mr. Nunamann had ripped the door off the barn where some of the pigs are still housed.
He also said some corn was put on the road.
Board members attempted to end the conversation.
Mr. Buzon told Mr. Lepore, the pig farmer, that he had made his point and Councilman Frank Herodes opened the door of the town hall for the family.
As she was leaving, Ms. Lepore told Mr. Nunamann, "Someday I'm going to give you a kick in the can. Stay away from my family."
Just before members of the Lepore family spoke, resident Joe Conneely praised Mr. Nunamann's work and said he was underappreciated.