CONWAY — A group of abutters told the Conway Zoning Board of Adjustment at its Nov. 16 meeting they have no problem with the main facility of the shelter but they are barking mad about the noise from its new outdoor kennel.
The outdoor facility was approved in a building application given by town staff in fall 2021, but the contractor, Gordon Cormack Construction, put down on the application that the project was a “dog run” and not a kennel.
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