"Wagner Farm Lane residents say no to utility poles" - The Examiner, 8/10/06

This story just gets better and better. If you missed the previous installments, don't worry. This article gives the complete picture:

Despite not having spoken to township, school or JCP&L officials, both families report having had trees cut back and/or down on their land.

"[But] now there's a big gaping hole, [and] I can see the construction workers at the school having their morning coffee."

"It's funny how someone else can do something to our property when we can't even build or put a temporary structure up on it because it's a wetlands easement," Steve Sacchetti said.

Eileen said she spoke with a township employee who was cutting back some of the trees on her property. She said she asked if the person had received permission to do so.

"He said that he did because it was an easement," Eileen McDonald said. "I told him that I didn't think he could because it is my property. So, I asked him if we could discuss the matter just to see if some of the trees could stay if others had to go.

"It wound up that he just chopped things down," she said, "and we didn't really find out the extent of it until after it was all done."

And the kicker line here:

Township Committeeman Elias Abilheira said the township, JCP&L and the county do remove trees from easements if they are dead or dying, or if they endanger power lines.

Rather difficult to prove after the fact whether the trees were "dead or dying" but even he admits that the residents should have been notified.