WHAT A FIRECRACKER OF A FOURTH OF JULY!
We spoke with Lt. Chris Mattei of the Conway Police Department Friday morning, and he said both he and Conway Parks and Recreation Department Director John Eastman agreed there were as many as 10,000 people in North Conway’s Schouler Park and surrounding areas for the festivities and fireworks on Independence Day Thursday, one of the biggest crowds in recent memory (no doubt equaling the town of Conway’s 250th in 2015).
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