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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 26
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Snowy February ends with...more snow A bicyclist travels through the wet snow in downtown North Conway Monday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — “I think we should all revolt and go mow our lawns.” That was how M&D Productions reacted to The Conway Daily Sun’s Facebook post on Friday, which asked readers
how they felt about that day’s snow. That snow fell a few days before the weekend’s additional mix of snow, which was followed by Monday’s snow and freezing rain. Still, other readers were more positive about February’s weather. “Never enough snow!” wrote Howie
Wemyss, general manager of Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center and the Mount Washington Auto Road, which presents its Ski to the Clouds race March 6. “Keep it coming.” Monday’s mix led to schools being cansee SNOW page 10
Fire destroys home in Fryeburg; residents escape unhurt 50 Seavey St. No. Conway Village 356-8989
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BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
FRYEBURG, Maine — A fire near the Lovell town line burned a house to the ground Monday afternoon.
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The home was occupied at the time, but nobody was hurt in the blaze. The home at 269 Smarts Hill Road was owned by Rick and Sherry Luciano, who were renting the house to a family. “There was only one wall standing when
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I was up there,” said Sherry Luciano. “It must have gone awful fast.” “It’s gone, totalled,” Rick Luciano said. “They don’t really know what happened.”
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