CONWAY — Patty Poulin has walked to school almost every day for the past 27 years. Last Friday, the day before she retired from Conway Elementary School, she had a lot of company. A whole lot.
Close to 300 teachers, staff members, parents and children joined Poulin, 68, for the walk from her Pollard Street home to Conway El. The walk was enlived by music, courtesy of Dr. Rich Laracy on the bagpipes.
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