PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 24, 2021
A state lawmaker from Alfred is being sued by neighbors who claim she and her husband improperly clear-cut more than 4,300 trees on the neighbors’ property to build a barn and paddock. The lawsuit was filed against Rep. Heidi Sampson and Robert Sampson by Sasha and Christopher Malone, who claim the Sampsons clear-cut part of the Malones’ heavily forested 11.5-acre property. Sampson, a Republican, has represented House District 21 since 2016. The Sampsons maintain that they mistakenly believed the area was part of their own property and constructed the barn and other structures in the area before finding out it was on their neighbors’ property.