CONWAY — Twenty-four youngsters have been enjoying a week of summer camp they will never forget.
The seventh- and eighth-graders have been taking part in a pair of five-day STEM Aviation Camp offered by the Mt. Washington Valley School to Career Summer Camps for middle-school-age kids (ages 13 and 14). The first camp, with 12 campers, ran July 15-19.
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