CONWAY — Selectmen will hold a public hearing on short-term rentals on Sept. 24.
The issue which has been simmering below the surface of housing discussions in town for years heated up recently after one North Conway resident and member of the planning board, Ray Shakir, called on selectmen to do something he said has become a big problem in his neighborhood.
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