CONWAY — The Kearsarge Lighting Precinct community turned out en masse for a public hearing on the controversial topic of short-term rentals on Tuesday night at the John H. Fuller Elementary School in North Conway.
More than 185 people packed the gym at the school for what was expected to be a contentious public hearing by Kearsarge Lighting Precinct commissioners on two competing warrant articles concerning short-term rentals in the tiny precinct.
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