By Josh Bickford

How does the town planner feel about the recent proposal to build a 344-unit housing development on the former Zion Bible College property?

“The town planner doesn't offer ‘feelings’ about any proposal!” Barrington Planner Herb Durfee wrote in a recent message to the Barrington Times.

The plan submitted by the owners of the property, Shineharmony Holdings, LLC, has yielded a loud response from some residents. Recent letters to the editor call the proposal “dreadful” and “troubling” but Durfee, who serves as the town’s director of planning, building and resilience, said his “feelings” about the project will play no role in its review.

“Staff review, including any insight from the various department heads and a ‘peer review’ by a town engineering consultant will offer i

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