WILMINGTON — A lawsuit alleging antisemitism from the town and neighbors in a zoning dispute has been settled. Attorney Pietro Lynn said his client Yisroel Teitlebaum is "very pleased with the settlement." Lynn declined to disclose the figure.
"He believes the settlement vindicates him in all respects," Lynn said of Teitlebaum. "He is satisfied that he can now put the matter behind him." Teitlebaum purchased 34 Look Road in Wilmington in June 2021 and hosted large groups of people practicing Judaism, states federal court documents.
In May 2022, the Wilmington Development Review Board approved an application to allow lodging again at 34 Look Road in a 3-1 decision, a month after neighbors voiced opposition to the plan to allow rentals to groups only with a two-day minimum. The decision said the property must comply with the noise ordinance since it falls within the residential district, and it had been appealed by the neighbors and Teitlebaum in Vermont Environmental Court. After one year of not hosting lodging, Nordic Hills Lodge had reverted to a residential property.
Neighbors said the property had not been used as an inn since about 2014. Teitlebum filed a suit against his neighbors Jennifer Nilsen, Eric Potter and David Boliver, as well as the town of Wilmington, the Select Board and Police Officer Ryan O'Neil in May 2023. Nilsen and Potter were dismissed from the suit in March, with Judge William K.
Sessions III calling their actions "insufficient to support Teitlebaum.
