CONWAY — After attending a reorganization meeting of the Conway Municipal Budget Committee, Conway School Board member Mark Hounsell — the board’s representative to the 17-member panel — has resigned.
Joe Mosca, who was the school board representative for the past year, will return to fill the seat.
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I know Mark Hounsell. You should be so lucky to have him on any board. The area needs more like him....Paul Grenier
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