CONWAY — Longtime Christmas Loft manager Darlene Barrett of Conway has announced she will be retiring at the end of the year.
A beloved mainstay at the North Conway store for 34 years, with most of them as manager, Barrett plans to hand over the reins to Kelly Levesque, according to Christmas Loft co-owner Greg Vander Veer.
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