Town acquires prescriptive easement allowing public to use a road and abutting parcel

When a road and abutting triangle of land was used the public and maintained by the town, the town acquired a prescriptive easement for continued use of the road by the public. Athanasiou v. Board of Selectmen of Westhampton,82 N.E. 3d 436 (Mass. App. Ct. 2017). The town's highway superintendent maintained the area, plowed, sanded, oiled, and graveled the roadway, patched potholes, removed trees and fallen limbs from the area and cleared sediments from the triangle parcel.