CONWAY — Selectmen on Tuesday rebuffed a request to cut nearly $500,000 from the town operating budget by the Municipal Budget Committee.
The budget committee may make the cut following a public hearing on Valentine's Day but even if they do, residents could choose to reverse the budgeteers in March. This often happens when it comes to school budgets.
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