CONWAY — Say it isn’t so?
Youth baseball has long been a stable in the Mount Washington Valley with America’s favorite pastime taking place every spring into early summer. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case in 2020. MWV Cal Ripken League President Andy Pepin and the league’s board of directors made the difficult decision last week to cancel the remainder of the season.
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