For nearly a year, Kim Kreem has not been able to escape the rowdy weekend parties held beside her home and business along Rougemont Road in northern Durham County, she said.
After eight separate events on 30 acres next to her property, her ears would ring from hours of loud music that reverberated well into the night, and she would brace herself when she saw people setting up for the next event.
“Unfortunately, for all of us, it’s uprooted our lives,” Kreem said in an interview. “[The owners] say, ‘It’s 30 acres, so we shouldn’t be bothering anybody,’ but it’s a full-blown rage and the stage is 300 feet from my bedroom window.”…