CONWAY — The town of Conway owes $175,000 in legal fees to lawyers representing Leavitt’s Country Bakery who successfully sued over a student-made painting of baked goods, in response to the town claiming it was an oversized sign.
The town then demanded that Young take it down or change it.
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