The Post Standard Sunday 3/14/04 Page One
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By Hart Seely
Three years ago, harmony in the Otsego County hamlet of Roseboom went up in the smoke of Lisa and Carmine DiPippo's burn barrel.
Neighbors said fumes from the DiPippos' smoldering garbage made them retch. After months of complaints, authorities charged them with violating a rarely enforced air quality regulation. They faced up to a year in prison. Refusing to cut a deal, the DiPippos took it to trial. They felt singled-out.
