CONWAY — Lake Hosts at Conway Lake have seen a lot of action at the town beach so far this summer. There was the boater packing a gun in her string bikini; the oil spill; and the near-drowning with a woman and her daughter getting stuck in the current near the dam.
The Lake Hosts’ job is officially to inspect boats for invasive species of weeds like milfoil.
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