CONWAY — It must be love. Not many couples spend their honeymoon putting up campaign signs across the Mount Washington Valley. But that’s exactly what Jeb Bradley and his new bride did over the weekend.
Bradley announced his engagement to Karen McNiff at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Feb. 10 at the Grand Summit Hotel in Bartlett. The couple was married on Aug. 4.
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