01-17-22 Emergency Cold Shelter group pic

Francella Welch (left) is seen Monday with volunteers Bradley White and Dan Levigne in the warming shelter set up in the basement of the Lutheran Church of the Nativity in North Conway Village. Four people took advantage of it, the pastor said. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

CONWAY — Thanks to a strong community effort, the Lutheran Church of the Nativity housed a makeshift warming center for people in need when an arctic blast hit the region over the weekend followed by significant snowfall Monday.

Local weather observer Ed Bergeron said he recorded -7-degree temperatures Sunday morning at his West Side Road home. He said temperatures can vary a lot throughout the region, and a reading of -19 was recorded at the Eastern Slope Regional Airport in Fryeburg, Maine.

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