CONWAY — Columbus took a chance when he sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and so will we all, as we take to the roadways this Columbus Day (Indigenous Peoples’ Day) holiday weekend.
This year, we won’t have the double whammy of both the Fryeburg and Sandwich fairs happening at the same time, as the 174th Fryeburg Fair came to a close last Sunday.
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