CONWAY — The Cranmore Inn on Kearsarge Road in North Conway has been sold for $2.6 million.
Eddie Bennett and Christopher Bellis, the inn’s owners for the past 12 years, sold the property Aug. 22 to Caitlin and Patrick Clapp of Sunapee Stays of Sunapee.
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