Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017
• Looking back at the stories of 2017, our picks for top 10 stories were: the great storm of Oct. 29-30; the Christina Fay/Great Dane animal cruelty case; Fryeburg votes on tax increment financing, airport land sale to Poland Spring; Memorial Hospital/Maine Health unification; the Women’s March; retirement of Conway Town Manager Earl Sires and other public figures; Diana’s Baths parking; commercial development; death of Fryeburg Police Officer Nathan Desjardins and the future of the Conway Rec Center.
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