Margaret McKenzie

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Local hero: Mark Synnott changes career course

2 months ago | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

JACKSON — The world knows him as the bestselling author and daring adventurer, climber of Everest and now, sailor of seas. But here in the Mount Washington Valley, he’s just Mark Synnott: mountain guide, father of four, giver of slide-show fundraisers and Ice Fest talks, and frequently someone who leads hapless hikers to safety as part of a volunteer rescue team. kAmvC25F2==J[ 9@H6G6C[ H6’G6 4@>6 E@ E96 C62=:K2E:@? E92E E96 H:56C H@C=5 <?@HD 9:> 2D >@C6]k^AmkAmp?5 :? E96 A286D @7 E96 $F?[ H6’G6 D66?
Donohoe ousts Selectman Carl Thibodeau, police station bond fails

2 months ago | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — Voters on Tuesday sent a message that they're ready for change. In unofficial results, challenger Peter Donohoe ousted four-term Selectman Carl Thibodeau 907-836. kAmp>@?8 E96:C 5:776C6?46Di %9:3@562F H2D :? 72G@C @7 AFEE:?8 2 A2G65 C64C62E:@? A2E9 E9C@F89 E@H?\@H?65 (9:E2<6C (@@5D[ H9:=6 s@?@9@6 H2D @AA@D65[ D2J:?8 E96 2DA92=E\4@2E65 A2E9 CF?D 4@F?E6C E@ E96 QH:=5 2?5 ?2EFC2=Q 4@G6?2?ED 96 D2:5 2C6 2EE24965 E@ E96 =2?5]k^AmkAmp?5 E96 E@H?
MWV Adult Day Center gives inaugural eldercare awards

2 months ago | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — Several local people last Thursday were honored by the Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center with its inaugural eldercare awards.
Unofficial Conway results: Harris over Trump; state rep. incumbents sweep

Nov 5, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Daymond Steer |Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — While it is too early to tell who won overall in any of the races listed below except for the state House District 1, the Sun is providing unofficial results from Conway voting, where the polls closed at 7 p.m.Results in at 9 p.m. showed a record 5,894 people voted, not counting over 500 new registered voters. This beats the 2020 turnout of 5,893 by one vote, which was 71 percent of the registered voters. kAmx? E96 AC6D:56?E:2= C246 36EH66? #6AF3=:42?
Cruz tapped for state's top tourism job

Oct 24, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie |Tom Eastman

CONWAY — At the top of last Thursday's annual Mt. Washington Chamber of Commerce meeting, held at The Wentworth in Jackson, keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, eagerly spilled the beans that Michelle Cruz, executive director of the chamber, has been nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu to serve as the state’s next tourism director. Lori Harnois, the previous director of the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development, resigned her post effective Sept.
Craig rallies the troops at NCCC meet-and-greet

Oct 21, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig took part in a meet-and-greet on Sunday afternoon at the North Conway Community Center that attracted about 30 people, including state Reps. David Paige (D-Conway) Steven Woodcock (D-Conway), Anita Burroughs (D-Bartlett) and Chris McAleer (D-Jackson). Craig made a detour to visit Conway on her way to Massachusetts, where a $5,000-a-plate fundraising dinner for Craig was to be hosted Monday by Massachusetts Gov.
Jackson to award Boston Post Cane to two Alices

Oct 7, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

JACKSON — On Tuesday, the Jackson Board of Selectmen will award the Boston Post Cane to Alice Pepper and Alice Proctor. According to the Jackson Historical Society’s Leslie Schomaker, “Awarding the ceremonial cane — given to the town’s oldest citizen — to two people is unusual, but so are the ladies: both 96, both arriving in Jackson at 2 weeks and 4 weeks old, living across the street from each other in houses owned by their grandfathers.
How Conway voted in the Sept. 10 Primary

Sep 10, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — Although statewide results are still being counted, the unofficial results from the Conway polls for the New Hampshire state primary were available shortly before 8 p.m.Here is how Conway voted. (For state and countywide results, which include other House districts and the 2nd Congressional District, see Thursday's edition of The Conway Daily Sun.)kAmu@C 8@G6C?@C @? E96 #6AF3=:42? 32==@E[ z6==J pJ@EE6 H2D E96 E@A G@E6\86EE6C H:E9 cg_ G@E6D[ 7@==@H65 3J r9F4< |@CD6 H:E9 ad_]k^AmkAm~?
Local schools are back in session

Sep 2, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — Summer is officially over for students in SAU 9 and 13, which cover the towns of Bartlett, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Hart’s Location and Jackson, along with Madison, Tamworth and Freedom. Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School and Robert Frost Public Charter School in Conway also are back in session, as are Molly Ockett School and Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine. School buses will be on the roads starting today, the first day of school for SAU 9.
PBS chef, gardener hubby wow 'em at the Majestic

Apr 18, 2024 | conwaydailysun.com | Margaret McKenzie

CONWAY — An unusual sight greeted traffic passing through Conway Village shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday: a line of people snaking down the sidewalk in front of the Majestic Theatre.