CONWAY — If the town is truly interested in moving its recreation department to Kennett Middle School, the Conway School Board’s facilities committee says it is willing to recommend a 25-year, $1 lease for the space.
Selectmen expressed interest in the middle school space in a letter to the Conway School Board last week after consultants told them renovating the rec department's current home could cost at least $1 million.
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