CONWAY — Five months to the day from the groundbreaking for the Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center in Center Conway, work is progressing right on schedule, with opening day set for next June or July.
“It’s all coming right along,” said Kathy Bennett, vice president of community relations and development for Memorial Hospital, as she stood at the construction site off Route 302 on Monday morning with job superintendent Bill Hart of Landry/French Construction.
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