CONWAY — Turnout was light but reaction favorable from those in attendance to the first architectural draft of a plan to replace the North Conway Fire Station at a public hearing held last week at the North Conway Water Precinct.
Architects and project managers will continue to work on the plan, then return to precinct voters with cost estimates before putting a warrant article at the annual precinct meeting next March.
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