CONWAY — Retiring Conway Town Manager Tom Holmes, 66, was honored by selectmen, his town staff and well-wishers at a well-attended reception at the North Conway Country Club late Tuesday afternoon.
Holmes himself got the last word, as he rose to address the crowd of about 60 invited-only guests during which he praised his staff for their hard work, noting “Everything that was wrong during my tenure is mine; anything that was right is yours.”
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