CONWAY — Teen Center Coordinator Todd Gallagher of the Conway Parks and Recreation Department admits there was a night last year when he was a nervous wreck. Gallagher said he got a case of the jitters when he arranged for teenagers to visit residents of the Fryeburg Health & Residential Care Center in Fryeburg, Maine, for an evening of pizza and games.
“The first time we did this I was scared to death,” he said. “I didn’t know how the kids would react, but they intermingled really well that first night, and it’s taken off ever since.
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