The town of Conway is taking its ongoing battle against short-term rentals to court . The move comes amid a heated debate about the role of Airbnbs and
CONWAY — Town Manager Tom Holmes told selectmen that enforcement of regulations against short-term rentals would wait for the courts, but Thursday he appeared to have backed off a bit
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He also said the town has filled an assistant building inspector position inÂ
order to help with enforcement.
Conway selectmen issued a statement last week explaining that since voters in April rejected their proposed set of STR regulations, which would legally have allowed non-owner-occupied short-term rentals in residential districts, the town has no option but to enforce existing regulations that prohibit such rentals.
Town Code Officer David Pandora on May 7 issued a letter to rental property owners, informing them that due to an April 13 town vote, STRs are allowed only in residential districts and only if the home is owner-occupied and has applied for and received permission from the town. Property owners were given 30 days to respond.
Russ Hilliard says it takes nearly two years, sometimes even more, to grow an oyster from seed at his aquatic farm in Hampton Harbor. Once grown, the majority of his tasty crop is either sold to local restaurants, or directly to customers at his retail store on the beach, which he runs with his business partner, Conor Walsh.
A select few of the succulent mollusks, however, have been finding their way up the road to Newington, where they have been thrown right into the boil at Stoneface Brewing much to the glee of beer aficionados throughout the Seacoast.
“That’s a Swell Stout,” a velvety dark oyster stout, and the second collaboration between Swell Oyster Co. and the popular Newington brewery, made its debut earlier this winter and has proven that oysters can be just as tasty out of a pint glass as they are on the half shell.