CONWAY — Following the retirement of longtime planning director Tom Irving in June, and after months of trying, the town of Conway has hired a new planner, who is set to start work Oct. 17.
The new planner, Jamel Martin Torres, has ties to the area as he is a 2005 Fryeburg Academy graduate, Town Manager Tom Holmes told selectmen at their Tuesday meeting.
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