CONWAY — The future of the state’s 60-acre Mount Washington State Park is up for public comment through the end of this month.
Input on the draft master plan for the Northeast’s highest peak brought out about 75 mostly North Country residents to a meeting in North Conway on Monday night, with many stating the fragile summit needs to be protected from the masses.
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