CONWAY — Jeff Shutak is so opposed to the planned taking of a large maple at the proposed Viewpoint North Conway hotel project in Intervale, he says he’ll chain himself to the tree when the removal crew comes.
“I am so passionate about this that I am ready to chain myself to the tree when the bulldozer comes,” Shutak said Monday as he protested in front of the tree that stands in front of the now closed 16-room Intervale Motel. where the three-story, 98-room, 59,412-square-foot Viewpoint is proposed.
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If the gentleman loves the tree so much, perhaps he has 1.4 million dollars to save it. I love how people claim OTHER people's property as their own.
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