CONWAY — Staff at the Gibson Center for Senior Services in North Conway say they dread paid parking possibly coming to town because they will have to spend their time chasing “squatters” out of their lot.
If the town chooses to institute paid parking in North Conway, it will contract with a vendor to provide kiosks and a pay-by-app system for the approximately 480 parking spaces along North Conway’s Main Street between Depot Street and River Road.
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