CONWAY — Every year since 1970, on April 22 for Earth Day, we honor Mother Earth by doing good deeds to help clean up our environment.
It’s sort of like a global-wide Valley Pride Day (which, by the way, returns May 4 — go to facebook.com/mwvalleypridenh for the scoop on this year’s cleanup of litter and trash along local roads).
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