CONWAY — The Conway Planning Board unanimously approved plans last Thursday to construct a 4,336-square-foot distillery with tasting room and a 1,282-square-foot barrel storage barn with associated infrastructure to be built along White Mountain Highway in North Conway.
Receiving the conditional approval was Christopher Burk of 5 Benton Brook Place of Denmark, Maine, whose company is Nice Barn LLC.
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