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There were over 80 responses to this weekâs Tele-Talk question, âIs the site of the Intervale Motel a good location for a new four-story hotel?â and except for one or two, all were uniformly opposed to the idea.
As I sit in Hannaford s parking lot and look at the monstrosity that s blocking my favorite view of Chocorua, yeah, sure we need another hotel that s a monster.
Preservationists want to preserve an outdated motel but can t save a historically significant structure in Center Conway? Ridiculous. If the Intervale House had not burned 100 years ago, there would be a four-story old hotel there now. Think of the proposed structure as a modern reincarnation of the former and the current Intervale Motel as a temporary space holder.
As romantic fantasies go,
Pride and Prejudice has it all. An absurdly rich and terribly haughty Mr Darcy, patronising to all but secretly good. An intelligent, sharply witty Ms Bennet, sceptical about love only to fall for the very man she claims to despise. Secret longings that culminate in a passionate engagement, and then that lingering kiss at the very end… Anyone brave enough to tackle that without a hankie is foolhardy to say the least.
In 19
th century England, stringent rules governed the marriage proposal, which included a “courtship”, marshalled by chaperones, and delicate financial negotiations that ended hopefully in the father of the bride granting his permission. Thankfully a lot has changed since then – women ask men, men ask each other and paternal permission is no longer required. The rules of engagement have been totally re-written, but the ring and its symbolic merging of dynasties still matters, and a new breed of engagement ring consultant has
There were 55 responses to this weekâs Tele-Talk question: âShould the town be doing more to save its Revolutionary War-era buildings?â The responses were overwhelming in support of saving historic buildings.
Historic buildings are a big factor in what gives a town its character and personality. But, of course, the buildings have to be maintained and/or adapted to accommodate modern use, otherwise they lose their relevance and become endangered. It was a labor of love â and costly â to renovate the Bolduc Block and The Majestic Theatre, but Conway Village is visually and economically better off for it having been saved, and it still looks like Conway instead of Anytown, USA. George Wiese