CONWAY — Conway Parks and Recreation Department is going mobile, and so is the Easter Bunny (and his cousin Ernest).
With social distancing in full force due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional Easter Egg Hunt can't take place on recreation department grounds.
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