CONWAY — Just one look. That’s all it took, for Bob and Sharon Seaman when they first saw one another back in the summer of 1964.
Married in 1967, they are now retired, having moved seven years ago to North Conway, where they are active volunteers in the community, principally with local affordable housing issues with the MWV Housing Coalition for Bob, and together, with the First Church of Christ Congregational’s Food Pantry, where they devote 30 to 40 volunteer hours a month.
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