Trails & Parks

Oak Ridge: 53 miles of greenway
Oak Ridger
By Beverly Majors | beverly.majors@oakridger.com What started as a 2008 plan recently came to fruition when city and state officials opened the newest link to connect a scenic greenway trail. “These are the types of things people are looking for,” said ...

Nancy Eckerson: Bored with regular running routes? Try a trail!
Foster's Daily Democrat
The Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail, Portsmouth branch, is part of a large nation-wide network of former railroad tracks that have been converted for recreational use. This particular trail stretches from Newfields to Manchester, and is open for ...

Lower Saucon Township Police Blotter: May 26, 2012
Patch.com
Several hours later, a "Pedestrian Crossing/Yield" sign was discovered to be missing from the Saucon Rail Trail crossing at Meadows Road. Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to contact the Lower Saucon Police Department at ...

Memorial Day weekend events
BurlingtonFreePress.com
8 am sign up for a 5K Walk/Run and Youth 1K run in front of the Hardwick Inn or sign up at the Woodbury Elementary School for the Hardwick-Woodbury Rail Trail Bike Ride. 29th Annual Craft & Garden Fair, Granite St., 10 am-4 pm Judevine Library Book ...

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Rail trail gets new signs, benches
Paris Star
By Michael-Allan Marion, Brantford Expositor PARIS – Hikers and cyclists have the benefit of new trail signs and benches on the Cambridge to Paris Rail Trail, paid for by a $75000 grant from the Cowan Foundation. The Cambridge-based foundation will ...

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Groundbreaking to be Held for Greenway Trail Expansion
Patch.com
Charlie McAteer, chairman of the Friends of the Greenway Trail, called the trail "our community gem that is helping connect our communities in a walkable, bikeable nature trail." According to McAteer, the complete trail has been in the planning stages ...

Bay Net
Group Offers Suggestions for Indian Head Rail Trail
Bay Net
By Andy Marquis Volunteers conducting a study on the Indian Head Rail Trail (IHRT) for the Urban Land Institute suggested expanding the trail and using it for economic development purposes on Wednesday night. The presentation was presented at the ...

The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Saginaw Valley Rail Trail to receive 1.4-mile, $387000 extension this fall
The Saginaw News - MLive.com
By Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com SAGINAW, MI — Lisa A. Kickam of Saginaw Township says one question comes up more often than others when she talks to people about her bike rides on the Saginaw Valley Rail Trail: Where is it? "People want to know where ...

Partners for Active Living installs scavenger hunt along Rail Trail
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Through a grant from Women Giving for Spartanburg, Partners for Active Living (PAL) has installed a permanent scavenger hunt along the Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail. The scavenger hunt consists of five statues created by local artist, Richard Conn, ...

Easton Utilities' 5K run/walk benefits employee health
The Star Democrat
Easton Utilties employees and their families recently participated in a 5K run/walk along Easton's Rails-to-Trails. Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:00 am | Updated: 9:41 am, Thu May 24, 2012. EASTON A group of Easton Utilities employees and their ...

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Our View: Great time to try Danvers Rail Trail
The Salem News
The dedication of the Danvers Rail Trail June 2 comes at an appropriate time, given the recent release of two reports — one on the best places to ride a bike and the other on the worst places to drive. According to the League of American Bicyclists, ...

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Cyclists push for 'rail trail'
Manawatu Standard
Bicycle enthusiasts have made it clear to the Manawatu District Council that they want the region to become the cycling capital of New Zealand, with the suggestion of a "rail trail" attracting interest. Palmerston North cyclist Jim Jefferies yesterday ...

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City is risking west-end war over light rail
Ottawa Citizen
The line would leave the old CPR trench that now contains the Transitway to join the Byron linear park to take light-rail west. The plan would require tunnelling to make that link work. This project could dwarf the controversy the Lansdowne plan ...

The Present and Future of the Wayland Rail Trail
Patch.com
And the Friends of the Wayland Rail Trail hope that those connections get even better in the coming few years. Larry Kiernan, an organizer with the Friends of the Wayland Rail Trail, explained that the Mass Central Rail Trail spans 104 miles throughout ...

Gung Ho on the Trail opens in Seven Valleys
Yorkdispatch.com
The bike shop, located in the former Serenity Station along the Heritage Rail Trail in Seven Valleys, offers rental bikes and an ice cream bar. (John A. Pavoncello photo) Seven Valleys has another thriving business to add to its character and entice ...

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's 2012 Greenway Sojourn Returning
WCBC Radio
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's 2012 Greenway Sojourn returns this year to two of the most famous long-distance trails—the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park (C&O Canal towpath). Sojourners will pedal ...

Children nearly abducted near Pinellas Trail
WTSP 10 News
It happened near the corner of 5th Avenue North and 70th Street in St. Petersburg between the Jet Line Food convenience store and the Pinellas Trail. Ruben Carrea says, "So, the car pulled up, like, real quick, opened the door, and tried to grab my ...

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Town to dedicate the Danvers Rail Trail with day-long celebration June 2
Boston.com
On Saturday, June 2, the town of Danvers will celebrate the dedication of the Danvers Rail Trail, a four-and-a-third mile bike trail and walking path that stretches North-to-South from the Choate Conservation Area on the Wenham town line to the Peabody ...
Danvers gears up for lengthy rail-trail partyThe Salem News

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Danvers gears up for lengthy rail-trail party
The Salem News
By Ethan Forman Staff writer DANVERS — You might consider the June 2 dedication of the Danvers Rail Trail one of the longest in the town's history, not in terms of time but in terms of distance, as celebrations are planned throughout the 4.3-mile ...

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Meet Bill O'Neill, Retired Engineer, East Coast Greenway Advocate, Tennis Coach
Patch.com
I met Bill again a couple of weeks ago at another ribbon cutting dedicating the covered bridge in Andover that is a part of the East Coast Greenway. I asked him for an interview regarding his work on the Greenway project. Bill agreed, and I found out ...