CONWAY — Selectmen on Tuesday decided to tweak the Independence Day Parade route once more and have it end at Selectman Carl Thibodeau’s Conway Marketplace in order to avoid the ongoing Main Street construction project.
In late March, selectmen decided the parade route should go from Hillside Avenue (which is located off West Side Road just south of the Swift River Covered Bridge) down Route 153 to the American Legion Post 46 as to avoid heavy construction on Main Street where the parade typically runs.
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