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Brandon and Kate Atkinson have a good thing planned for their commercial property behind The Slider Café.

But nearby residents and lot owners believe the couple’s proposed multi-family apartment/condo building is too big, too tall, and has too many short-term rental units.

As a result, the town planning commission voted last week during its 70-minute Zoom session to recommend hearing examiner David Lowell not approve a Conditional Use Permit when he considers the project on March 31.

In doing so, commission chair Marna Hanneman and members Liz Theaker and Bruce Bradburn did not fol...