CONWAY — At Tuesday's selectmen's meeting, Town Finance Director Lilli Gilligan held aloft a $12,176 check from Carroll County just before the selectmen voted to accept it.
She had been pursuing the PILOT ("Payment In Lieu Of Taxes") money "in earnest" since 2016 but had started her effort in 2014. Carroll County Commissioners approved the money to be sent to Conway May 8.
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