CONWAY — Even as the COVID-19 outbreak at the Green Mountain Treatment Center has grown to over 100 people, a person who lives near the North Conway accommodations where residents of the Effingham drug rehab facility have been staying isn't actually a hotel as the owner has claimed.
According to State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, on Dec. 3, there were 13 coronavirus infections in residents and 14 among staff at the center.
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Now I know what the mysterious white vans that speed up Stark Rd are doing!
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