CONWAY — The "No. 1 Ski Town in North America" (according to readers of USA Today) is now without its landmark "World's Largest Ski Pole."
Early last week, the ski pole that once held a sign in front of the old Carroll Reed store on Main Street in North Conway Village came down.
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