A land-use dispute is brewing in Bedford County. Neighbors say mining and quarrying are happening on two properties zoned for agriculture, while the owners insist they’re digging ponds for cattle. Now, neighbors are demanding answers.
NewsChannel 5’s Megan Scarano received several messages asking her to look into what was happening on the land.
According to the landowner’s attorney at a September Bedford County BZA meeting, the land is owned by extended family who farm the land, along with other parcels in the county, as one operation. Frankie Shoemake lives along Fairfield Pike, which he says he is about 250 yards, as the crow flies, away from one of the properties at the center of the debate…