CONWAY — Selectmen are mulling a proposal by a local company to lease space to the town for public bathrooms in North Conway Village. Â
The lack of public facilities came to a head last summer when the town was deluged with tourists, and stringent cleaning requirements due to the pandemic caused facilities such as at the New England Ski Museum to shut down.
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