CONWAY — Presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar drew a standing-room-only crowd Thursday at The Met Coffee House in North Conway, where she spoke about the weather, ISIS and more. But unfortunately for some, she didn’t take questions from the audience.
Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) was on a tour of all 10 New Hampshire counties in 30 hours starting Wednesday. Before coming Carroll County she was in Laconia to see an addiction treatment organization. She came to The Met after stopping at Veno’s Specialty Foods and Meats in Conway. After the Conway stop, she headed to Berlin. The tour was to end in Grafton County.
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