CONWAY — It’s Cryans-Kenney V.
The stage is set for Mike Cryans (D-Hanover) and Joe Kenney (R-Wakefield) to square off a fifth time on Nov. 3 in the race for the District 1 Executive Council seat. This time, the script has flipped from the last time they met. This time around, Cryans is the incumbent, in the second year of a two-year term, and Kenney the challenger.
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