CONWAY — A local man is hoping well-wishers will cheer him on later this month when he attempts to set two records at Crotched Mountain in Hillsborough County.
Zac Mercauto, 21, of Fryeburg, Maine, is a sophomore at Northern Vermont University in Lyndonville, Vt., where he is studying mountain resort management.
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