CONWAY — A peaceful crowd of approximately 100 protesters turned out for Sunday afternoon’s Black Lives Matter march in North Conway.
The march, which was organized by John Sparks of Freedom, started out from The Met Coffee House at Settlers Green at 1 p.m., then headed north along Route 16 to North Conway Village’s Schouler Park, with protesters lining both sides of Main Street after arriving just before 2 p.m.
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