CONWAY — Supporters of the Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park hope their plans to build a park take flight in the new year. The group has held talks with the town about building the park on a quarter-acre at the southern end of the North Conway Rec Path off Hemlock Lane.
The town is negotiating with the N.H. Department of Transportation about getting an easement for that state-owned land.
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