04-07-23 Bunker and OBS group by shelter

From left: Mount Washington Observatory Executive Director Drew Bush, WMWV Program Director Roy Prescott, longtime weather observer Briggs Bunker, Morning Weather Show observer Ed Bergeron, and Mount Washington Observatory Director of Education Brian Fitzgerald seen at Bunker's home on Friday. Bunker his Cotton Region Thermometer Shelter to the Mount Washington Observatory. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

CONWAY — On a 45-centah of a day out of a top weather rating of 50 cents, former longtime North Conway cooperative weather observer Briggs Bunker was honored by the local weather community on Friday.

Briggs, 91, and wife, Bobbi, 84, were feted by the Mount Washington Observatory with a brief ceremony at their home on Pine Street in North Conway Village.

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