CONWAY — The Conway Community Building, which previously served as the home to Conway Parks and Recreation Department, is being razed this week to make way for a community park in Center Conway.
Three excavators and a four-man crew from Spears Brothers of Laconia were at the site this week. Demolition of the former gym was well underway Thursday morning, with crews salvaging steel beams but the gym structure demolished.
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