CONWAY — The Mount Washington Valley School to Career Partnership, which is celebrating its 21st anniversary, opened this week with the first of two camps — health camp and construction camp — taking center stage. The four-week program, which offers 12 camps, is already garnering rave reviews.
“We’ve heard a ton of positives from the campers,” Sarah Asbell, the new camp coordinator, said Tuesday.
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