CONWAY — With the summer season coming to an end Labor Day weekend, and high school and college students heading back to school, the shortage of workers here in the Mount Washington Valley, as elsewhere, is becoming more pronounced.
“My job title is manager, marketing and events, but today I think I’m wearing the additional hat of station master and dispatcher and anything else that’s needed,” said Brian Solomon, overseeing the trains at the Conway Scenic Railroad’s North Conway station on a busy Tuesday afternoon.
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