CONWAY — The vacant John H. Fuller School was a hot topic of discussion at Monday’s Conway School Board meeting. Under public comments, Bill Marvel, a member of the Conway Municipal Budget Committee, took the board and Superintendent Aimee Frechette to task for their handling of the use of the property.
Also, local business owner Tiffany Roberts of Tamworth, who submitted a proposal to lease the former K-6 grade school last August but never received a response from the board, voiced her frustration that a competing business is using the facility at a cost to taxpayers.
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