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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 157
CONWAY, N.H.
Students return to school today BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — School starts here Wednesday, and, while it seems like just yesterday that students were taking final exams and teachers closing the books on another year, everyone is upbeat and eager for the 2011-12 year to being. "We're ready to get another great school year started," school superintendent Carl Nelson said Tuesday after touching base with school administrators across SAU 9 earlier in the day. "Everyone's excited. I just sent out a communication to the
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And now, the cleanup ‘Who would ever believe a flood would happen here?’ BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
GLEN — If Monday was about assessing the damage Irene inflicted, then Tuesday was about the cleanup, particularly for those who found themselves in the river’s path. “There’s not much we can do until it dries out,” Lynn Roberts said as he sat in his driveway Tuesday morning. The pastor from his church, Bill Rose, pushed mud from the pavement with a snow shovel, but there was still six
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Charlotte Linde with Pastor Bill Rose of the Glen Community Baptist Church on the porch of Linde’s home.
Swan’s Falls in wake of Irene
This aerial photo of Swan’s Falls on the Saco River in Fryeburg was taken Monday evening, after the flood waters had begun to recede. (COURTESY RACHEL DAMON)
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