CONCORD — It’s very likely that an admission fee will be charged — possibly by next summer — to visitors entering the Sherman Adams Building in Mount Washington State Park.
At least that was the consensus reached by the Mt. Washington Advisory Commission, made up of a dozen state park stakeholders that’s chaired by state Sen. Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro, at its virtual meeting on Friday, Dec. 11. No one disagreed with the conclusion that the revenues generated by selling hot dogs and gift shop items cannot cover the cost of running the Park.
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