CONWAY —Selectmen plan to ask voters in April whether they support a municipal ambulance service for the town of Conway.
But don’t worry — the selectmen say they are not considering eliminating emergency medical services. Instead, they aim to gauge support for a new, government-run, townwide system for providing emergency medical services.
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