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Pine Tree School fifth grader Madelyn Fisher shows her skills on the slope at Cranmore Mountain during the final day of Eastern Slope Ski Club’s junior ski program Tuesday. “Snow Day” brings skiers from all of the Mount Washington Valley schools and home schoolers to Cranmore, Attitash, King Pine and Whitaker Woods for a day of fun racing and games. Eastern Slope Ski Club sponsors a day each week for grades 1-6, with each school alternating days, to go out on the slopes and trails and learn to ski and enjoy the outdoors. Many parents and valley residents volunteer to help the kids learn to ski. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Rumor’s not true: ‘There are no plans to close the North Conway Post Office’ BY DAYMOND STEER
Shakir: 'There was nothing that I said that was wrong' Budget committee member undecided whether he will finish out his term
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CONWAY -- North Conway Post Office isn’t closing, according to a U.S. Post Office spokesman who was reacting to rumors about a shutdown. On Tuesday, The Conway Daily Sun received an anonymous e-mail from see POST OFFICE page 10
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CONWAY — Budget committee member Ray Shakir, who walked out in the middle of last week's heated school meeting, is waiting until April to decide whether to finish out his term on the budget committee. “I’m going to see how the budget committee looks after the election,” he said.
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Shakir is one of only three budget committee members elected to the board with his name on the ballot — most were either write-ins or appointed — but after the roasting he took, and some say he provoked, at last week’s deliberative session, he is questioning whether it’s worth it. “There was nothing that I said that was
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