RANDOLPH — Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who is challenging President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, brought his campaign Sunday morning to the North Country.
He and a small group of birders and hikers, including his wife, Leslie Marshall, took a short bird walk on an interpretive trail on the edge of the 10,000-plus-acre Randolph Community Forest on Randolph Hill.
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