CONWAY — The good news is that curator Ed Stevens has enhanced the technological capabilities of the Conway Public Library's Henney History Room in his 20 months at the post, adding to the computer work started by his late predecessor, David Emerson.
The bad news is that come the end of this month, he's leaving.
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