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The Way Station and MWV Supports Recovery ask selectmen for help with grants, developing transitional living space.

The town of Conway will not be putting a mask mandate in place on Wednesday.

CONWAY — The first hearing date in the town of Conway’s lawsuit against short-term rental owners has been set for October in Carroll County Superior Court.

CONWAY — The wheels of municipal government don’t seem to be turning to produce a town-sponsored short-term rental warrant article anytime soon.

CONWAY — In one of the most contentious issues to come before the town in quite some time, Conway residents will go to the polls next Tuesday to act on warrant articles that include ones that will allow and regulate short-term rentals. Selectmen are hoping voters approve Articles 21 and 22, to create a $50,000 trust fund with $50,000 to be used to regulate short-term rentals. They also are asking voters to approve a noise ordinance under Article 23. But it is Article 3 that would include s...

Now the question is, what’s next? Does the defeat of the short-term regulations mean the town will be mailing out cease-and-desist orders tomorrow to the 500-odd rental properties in Conway? The short answer is no. Minutes after the results were announced, Selectman John Colbath said: “We do not have the information to decide what to do next.” Added Selectman Mary Carey Seavey: “I want to hear what town attorney Peter Malia has to say. If we are going to issue cease and desi...

CONWAY — Town officials said they hope that municipal departments remaining in the old Town Hall in Center Conway can be moved to the new Conway Village town hall in

Ten people filed for 12 of the 20 town and six school positions opening up. One person who is not running for re-election, Town Moderator Deborah Fauver, shared in an email Tuesday that while “I’ve decided not to run again, but I have recruited a great replacement. Then she added mysteriously: “You’ll have to wait for the sign-up period to find out who it is.” That person is attorney Chris Meier, a partner with Cooper Cargill Chant in North Conway, which is the same fir...

CONWAY — Incumbent selectmen John Colbath and Steve Porter both say they will seek a third three-year term on the board of selectmen and in separate interviews touted their achievements

Potty-mouths: Toilets still the talk of the town Published: 1/26/2021 5:46:23 PM At their meeting today, selectmen will again take up the topic of North Conway Village’s lack of public toilets, a topic that has taken on additional urgency during the pandemic. The selectmen will meet at the new town hall at 23 Main St. in Conway Village at 4 p.m. Their meeting can be viewed on Zoom; it is also live-streamed over Facebook. On Monday, Town Manager Tom Holmes said he plans to update the board “...