There’s something missing from the stables at Oakwood Farm in Barrington Hills: horses. On a recent morning, most stalls were empty. The horses that had boarded here were gone, banished following a court order.
The feud between neighbors that led to the shutdown of Oakwood Farm’s boarding operations has simmered for years. Now it’s boiling over into a communitywide controversy that has angry residents of Barrington Hills arguing over the very nature of their community.
Following years of litigation, the Illinois Appellate Court has ruled that horse boarding at the farm does not comply with the village code. That has raised alarms at other boarding stables that they may be in danger of getting shut down, and led to heated public debates over whether to limit or protect horse boarding.
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