CONWAY — A raft of controversial town warrant articles was on the agenda at this month’s Mount Washington Valley Economic Council’s Eggs and Issues.
They include town hall’s possible move to the Bank of New Hampshire building, keno, moving Conway Rec to the middle schoo,l and tax abatements for industrial and commercial zones.
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