Shep, a giant semipalmated sandpiper, is perched on the main road in the village that sits between Moncton and Sackville, not far from the Nova Scotia border. And he's hard to miss.

A long knitting needle of a bill caps a dome-like noggin with eyes that look several times larger than they should be. The ...

Next door to where the sandpiper sits is the former Dorchester jail, which has been converted into a museum and inn by owner Bill Steele. Steele made a complaint against Wiggins-Colwell.