KITTERY, Maine With a stern letter in late 2019, Town Council Chairperson Judith Spiller vowed that Kittery will vigorously protect and defend her borders against any claims raised by the town of York.
Unfazed by the warning, the York Board of Selectmen authorized the filing of a border dispute lawsuit against Kittery, arguing the meandering town line that appears on current maps doesn t match the straight-line border that was legally established in 1653.
But that threat of legal action is still nothing more than a threat.
More than a year after York s selectmen gave their town manager and town attorney the go-ahead to file suit against Kittery in York County Superior Court, no such lawsuit has been filed.