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Hotel Construction Starting At Former Home Of Fandangle’s
NORTH CONWAY, NH – Construction has begun on a hotel in North Conway it was in limbo for years. The Conway Daily Sun reports that work on the new 80-room Home2Suites by Hilton off of Route 16 next to the Verizon Store is set to begin next month and continue through till summer. The site is the former home of Fandangle’s restaurant which burned down in 2007.
Ashtok Patel, vice president of development for Jamsan Hotel Management of Lexington, Mass., told the Sun that the project is targeted for completion by next summer, however plans to build the extended stay hotel were finalized with the Conway Planning Board in 2014.
Patel said the delay in construction was due to the company working on other projects.
Man Arrested For Allegedly Throwing Coffee On Conway Gas Station Employee
A Lovell man was arrested after throwing coffee on a Gas Station employee. According to Conway Police, Officers were called to the Conway Irving Saturday night for a domestic dispute.
When the Officer arrived the victim said that a customer later identified as 61-year-old Geffrey Sundgren was upset that the gas station was out of creamer for his coffee. After a brief exchange of words with the male employee, Geoffrey Sundgren threw the hot coffee at him and left the establishment traveling northbound on Route 16.
The employee suffered burns to his neck and was treated on scene by Conway Ambulance, but was not transported to the hospital.
Sundgren was arrested and taken into custody a short time late and charged with simple Assault. The charge holds a maximum penalty of a $2000.00 fine and up to one year in jail.
Police said that Sundgren has a prior conviction of simple assault from 2015.
Cowboy Of the Mountains Al Risch Passes Away
CONWAY, NH – A skiing legend in the Mount Washington Valley has passed away. The Conway Daily Sun Reports that the Cowboy of the Mountains Al Risch passed away Saturday at the Merriman House at Memorial Hospital at age 85. Risch had been living at the Merriman house for the past year do to declining health.
He was the founder of the Friends of Tuckerman Ravine, the Professional Ski Patrol Association, and the Mount Washington Valley Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
He leaves behind quite the legacy including many humorous stories of adventures shared with friends on the mountains he loved so much. One such story told to the Sun from Al’s son Jake was the creation of the Al’s Folly, a trail at Wildcat that Al created without the approval of the Forest Service. The story highlighting Al’s ask for forgiveness rather than permission attitude that garnered him the nickname of the Cowboy of the Mountains.
Al’s legacy is a great one not just affecting the Valley but also the nation as standards he helped develop for paid ski patrollers remain in use to this day.
Risch leaves behind his loving wife, Alison, sons Jake and Matt, and granddaughter Naomi.
His family said that at Al’s request there will be no visiting hours but a celebration of life will be announced at a future date.