CONWAY — The Conway School Board will have a new look when it is seated again on April 24, and it will feature five members with less than three years of experience.
On Tuesday, Amy Snow and Matt Stearns won first-time seats on the school board, while Mike DiGregorio claimed the third three-year term and returns having served a full term (2005-08) and was appointed in September by selectmen to fill out the remaining seven months of Jessica Whitelaw’s stint after she stepped down last summer.
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