CONWAY — Speech that turned ugly briefly brought public comments to a halt at a conceptual review held April 10 by the Conway Planning Board to get feedback on a proposal to construct 80 townhouses and 25 apartment units on the front lawn of the Red Jacket Resort.
But apart from a woman’s referencing the ethnic background of developer Ashok Patel, other members of the public and a few officials also voiced displeasure with the plan using less inflamed rhetoric.
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