CONWAY — Thanks to a pledge by community benefactors Sut and Margaret Marshall to cover demolition costs, selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday not to sell the Conway Community Building (the town’s old recreation center) in Center Conway.
Instead, they plan to raze the buildings, which were found to be contaminated with asbestos, while maintaining the ballfield and infrastructure on the 4.3-acre property.
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