CONWAY — A federal court authorized Leavitt’s Country Bakery to seek legal fees from the town of Conway to pay the bakery’s legal fees after the town lost at trial regarding an attempt to take down a painting depicting pastries.
Meanwhile, the bakery is celebrating the ruling with free doughnuts for all this Friday, including town officials.
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