Developers sue New Hanover Township for blocking housing, citing racial bias

Lawyers argued in their filing that the township has taken “extreme measures” to block construction on the 230-acre property near Swamp Pike. As a result, the developers have sustained damages in excess of $150 million. New Hanover Township Manager Jamie Gwynn and Rufus Jennings, an attorney representing the township in northern Montgomery County, did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Friday. The developers point to a township “marred by scandals.” In 2019, former New Hanover Police Officers Keith Youse and Dennis Psota went public with allegations that the...