PULL QUOTE: “If the ZBA reverses the denial, they would in effect be denying the voters their right to decide this issue at the polls. I cannot imagine a single one of them doing so.”
On Sept. 20, the Conway Zoning Board of Adjustment will render its decision regarding the selectmen’s building permit denial of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment’s, Los Angeles, Calif., who is the applicant and owner of the Conway Poker Room, LLC.
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