GORHAM — The planning board voted unanimously at Thursday evening’s site plan review Zoom meeting on Feb. 18 to conditionally approve a brewery and bike shop in an existing building on 1.16 acres at 20 Glen Road (Route 16).
Burke York of York Land Services of Berlin had already presented proposed “work-in-progress” plans on Thursday, Jan. 28.
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