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CONWAY — Keep the sous chef position at Kennett High School. That was the message state Rep. Frank McCarthy delivered to the Conway School Board recently. McCarthy, who also serves as commander of American Legion Post 95, shared with the board the work the staff at Mineral Springs Cafe did in putting on a spread for Veterans Day. After being funded through Perkins grants for the first few years and by a federal jobs grant this
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Group proposes replacing decorative streetlights with more energy-efficient ones BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — The Mount Washington Preservation Association came to the selectmen Tuesday with a proposal to turn on streetlights in North Conway Village, but by the end of the discussion there were
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school year, the future of the sous chef position at the Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center will be in the hands of voters next April in the form of a warrant article. The article, one of 22 on the warrant, seeks $38,305, which would represent 70 percent of the cost while the remaining 30 percent would be generated through funds raised at the school's Mineral Springs Cafe. The cafe, site of the culinary arts program under the umbrella of the MWV Career and Technical Center at Kennett High School, is thriving. Now
CONWAY — The Conway Village Fire Department is facing serious staffing shortages, and the situation isn’t about to change anytime soon. “December was a nightmare,” fire chief Steve Solomon said. “I had three days off.” “We have to have at least two people on duty to make sure we have a crew to cover the ambulance,” he said, and the department is having a hard time filling shifts. “I’m covering ambulance shifts nights and weekends.” The department provides both fire and ambulance coverage for Conway Village and surrounding areas, and it is staffed by both full-time paid firefighters and volunteers. The volunteers get paid when they respond to calls, but fewer and fewer are doing that. “There’s less call staff than there used to be,” Solomon said, “and they’re less available.” A dozen volunteers used to
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more questions than answers. The preservation association came offering a plan to replace the existing decorative fixtures and lights with energy-efficient LED lights. The cost of the hardware and installation, according to the group's plan, would fall on the preservation association. The town would then commit to spending
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