CONWAY — Amid rising prices, selectmen recently opted to halt several road paving projects this year as they otherwise would not have enough money to run the plow trucks this winter unless they called for a special town meeting to unlock funds.
This wouldn't be an issue if Conway had a town council instead of a board of selectmen.
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