CONWAY — A majority of selectmen last Tuesday vented about fellow Selectman Peter Donohoe’s “offensive” minority report about the Conway Rec Path’s Phase 2, which called the board “tone-deaf” to public concerns.
Prior to being elected selectman, Donohoe, former chair of the Conway Municipal Budget Committee and current treasurer of the Kearsarge Lighting Precinct, was equally outspoken about Phase 2, which seeks to put a paved accessible path for wheelchairs through Whitaker Woods.
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