Plot : Star of “The Blair Witch Project” retires from acting, moves to small town in Maine, gets elected to municipal governing board.

Fact or fiction? Fact.

A year later, Heather Donahue faces ouster from town office after allegedly vandalizing private property.

True or false? True.

Donahue, who since 2022 has lived in Freedom, Maine is embroiled in a legal battle over whether a local road is private or public.

The retired horror-movie star, an avid hiker and snowshoer, said she moved to the area because trails were an important feature to her.

But others on Beaver Ridge Road say it’s a private way and are fighting to keep the public – including Donahue – off it.

Townspeople will vote April 23 to decide whether to oust Donahue from her position on the Select Board.

Donahue allegedly used blaze-orange spray paint to mark trees along what she believed is the public portion of the road.

The Hadyniak family, which moved to Beaver Ridge Road in 1997, had posted it private, claiming they’ve always believed at least part of it to be their road.

But town officials including Donahue disagree.

The family is suing the town to keep the road near their land private.

Hadyniak’s wooden barricades were run over last year by an ATV, and shortly after that, a private-property sign they erected was vandalized to say “Town Road Open To Public.”

Donahue’s marking the trees along what she believes is the public portion of the road with orange spray paint crossed a line for some Freedom residents who began petitioning for her removal from public office.

The retired actress told the Midcoast Villager she believes she was completely within her lawful rights to mark portions of the road public.