CONWAY — Selectmen today will be hearing about two petitions calling on voters to allow keno and sports betting.
These articles are being proposed as part of a plan to have a sports bar and limited charitable gaming going in at the former Shurfine grocery store in the plaza at 234 White Mountain Highway.
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