CONWAY — All are invited to attend a ceremony set for 11 a.m. next Tuesday, July 22, to rename the road leading to the planned dog park for longtime public servant Thom Steele.
The road, now called Cess Pool Drive, used to serve as access to the Conway Village Water District’s septic lagoons off Route 113 just east of the Conway Area Humane Society. It is being renamed Thom Steele Way.
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