CONWAY — Members of the John Fuller School Action Ad Hoc Committee divulged last Wednesday that MaineHealth Memorial Hospital no longer appears to be interested in the former 10.8-acre school property in North Conway.
Conway School Board member Mike DiGregorio, who chairs the committee, said he thought the hospital “was the ideal match” for the now-closed K-6 school, so he was disappointed to hear the news.
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