CONWAY â 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 short-term rentals (Airbnbs) in all zones where single-family residences are permitted. Under current zoning, short-term rentals are limited to owner-occupied properties.
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CONWAY â Carroll County Attorney Michaela Andruzzi on Tuesday filed charges of special felony aggravated felonious sexual assault and misdemeanor sexual assault against a Jackson teen.
The Conway Police Department log from Feb. 26-March 1 shows that Riley Hayes, 18, of Jackson was charged with felonious sexual assault when the victim was physically helpless and that the age difference between Hayes and the alleged victim is less than three years.
The log indicates Hayes was arrested at the Conway Police Station on Feb. 26 just before 4 p.m. Carroll County Superior Court paperwork shows Hayes turned 18 the day before the arrest, and the date of alleged offense was Oct. 17, 2020. Hayes was released on personal recognizance.
Chris DeVries, 38, may go to trial in August or September.
On June 21, DeVries organized a North Conway protest he called âSkate Away the Hate,â which involved people riding bicycles and skateboards down White Mountain Highway from Schouler Park to Depot Road and back.
At the protest, DeVries spoke through a bullhorn and listed demands that he said came from local chapters of Black Lives Matter.
âIf we divest funds from police and prison systems, we all benefit,â said DeVries. âThose funds can go to local communities and social services.â
The following month, DeVries was charged with six counts of possessing child sexual abuse images, one count of possession of hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms and one count of falsifying physical evidence.