CONWAY — The for-sale sign in front of the Conway Main Street Baptist Church has been replaced by one announcing that the white-steepled, 1826-built church in Conway Village is now home to the Next Level Church.
For the previous eight months, Next Level had been holding services at the North Conway Community Center.
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