TAMWORTH — They say, “It takes a village to raise a child.” But what about money for trail maintenance equipment?
The Tamworth Outing Club is reaching out to the community through a GoFundMe campaign in order to purchase new equipment for the maintenance of its 5-mile ski and snowshoe network and a 12-mile trail used for the sled dog races held on and around Chocorua Lake.
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