Local Fairlee developers want to build an apartment block. Their neighbors are standing in the way.

Local Fairlee developers want to build an apartment block. Their neighbors are standing in the way.

Réal Hazen Construction co-owner Jonah Richard, center, talks to carpenters Larry Hatch, left, and Randy Welch about the finishing touches remaining on a building rehabilitation project that will create four units of workforce housing inside a home built in 1836 in Bradford, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. Richard hopes to build a new mixed-use project in Fairlee, but several residents have been vocal about their opposition to the project and to…