NEWS - Accomplishments
2010
2009
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| Built tough! |
October 2009 - Inspectors and some brave souls trying it out! |
2008
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| Widened and stabilized culvert on Windsor Street to enable machinery in to build the bridge. |
2007
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| New kiosk at trail head - thanks to the Eagle Scouts! |
Picnic table on the lower end of the trail - thanks to the Eagle Scouts! |
2006
Our 2006 annual meeting of the Friends of the Old Narrow Gauge Trail was held on May 21, 2006.
New people attended and we had some good discussion and planning time.
Gardiner Area High School Day of Caring event - May 5, 2006
Once again, students from Gardiner Area High School participated in
the annual Day of Caring, spent time in the morning of May 5 to help
clean up the trail.
Third Easter Egg Hunt
2005
March 2005- A successful second Annual Easter Egg Hunt is a success - on a snow covered trail.
October 2005- A successful work day was held
that helped smooth out sections of the trail after the Windsor Street crossing.
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2004
October 2004- Three new signs have been installed on the part of the trail from Water St to Windsor St. The signs
inform people that there no motorized vehicles are allowed on the trail.
September 2004- Friends of the Old Narrow Gauge Trail hold our first annual meeting - discuss future plans
2004- Town works on first section of trail - The Town Of Randolph recently replaced washed out culverts
and improved drainage problems on the part of the trail from Water St to Windsor St.
June 19 - Hand Pump Car demos As part of Whatever Week and specifically the Gardiner celebration of Whatever Week,
several people stopped by to take a ride on an old fashioned hand pump car.
Many thanks to Dave Hart and the WW&F Railway for making this possible.
June 5 - National Trails Day We took part in this day celebrating trails in this area and trails nationwide
by setting up an informational table at the grand opening event of the Gardiner end of the
Kennebec River Rail Trail. Much information was passed out to many
interested people. Many thanks to Jim Todd for staffing the table!
May 2004 -
a group of Gardiner Area High School students, participating in the Day of Caring
helped landscape the entrance to the trail on Rt. 27. and also cleaned up debris from the pond.
Thanks for a job well done!
Approximately 40 people
came out for our first Easter Egg Hunt on the trail on April 10.
See photos here.
2003
A trail clearing day
was held in September 2003 in which the lower part of the trail was cleared -
from Rt. 27 to Windsor Street. A sign was also erected at the trail head.
On November 4,2003, the committee
received a Spirit of America plaque from the Town of Randolph for working to
re-establish the trail.
