OSSIPEE — Outdoor enthusiasts could have a nearly 3-mile stone-dust trail built next to the Conway Branch rail by early fall, state officials told an advisory committee on Wednesday.
About 40 people were in the audience.
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Wonderful to see the Rail with Trail alongside solution. How terrible of FORT to remove recreation from those who have maintained the rails for decades.
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