Did a Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?

Did a Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?

In 2017, Stephen Antonson, a New York City home furnishings artisan, and his wife, Kathleen Hackett, an interior designer and writer who counts Martha Stewart among her clients, bought a summer house in Rockport, Maine, a coastal town of fine arts, lobster boats and stunning views of Penobscot Bay. At $320,000, the small, 19th-century clapboard house was among the lower-priced properties on Mechanic Street, known for its stately homes overlookin…