CONWAY — When voters head to the polls today to cast their ballots, they’ll feel something they haven’t felt while voting in the past two years — a sense of normalcy.
For the first time in three local election cycles, no special COVID-19 precautions are on tap at the town garage (located behind the Center Conway Fire Station and next to Camping World) in Center Conway.
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