The owners of Wellspring Farm are firing back at detractors, following a recent query into the farm's compliance with the American with Disabilities Act.

"Of course we're ADA-compliant," said owner Jim Vogel. "We always have been. We're licensed across the board."

Wellspring Farm was recently slapped with the complaint, which alleged that the farm was not compliant with ADA standards. It is the latest in a series of obstacles for Vogel and his wife, Holly, who run the Hiller Road farm as a therapeutic center for children with disabilities and illnesses.

Over the past two years, the farm has faced opposition from neighbors who complain about noise and that the increased traffic to and from the farm is unsafe. Additionally, the town decided that the nonprofit was operating as a business and therefore needed a permit to reflect that, which it received last September.

The ADA complaint led to an examination of the farm by the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.

"There never was an investigation," Vogel noted. "It was simply a query because the Department of Public Safety had to respond."

Cathy Mendoza, an abutter who has been vocal about her opposition to the farm's operation and argued that it violates her privacy, told Sippican Week last week that though she had reason to believe that the farm was in violation of the ADA, she did not file the complaint.

Through a public records request, the Vogels' attorney, George Boerger, received a copy of the complaint. He found that it was, in fact, filed by Mendoza and included her signature.

Reached by Sippican Week on Tuesday, Mendoza declined to comment further on the matter.