FRYEBURG, Maine — Legislators in Maine’s transportation committee last week heard a proposal to study extending the Mountain Division Trail, a paved recreation path, from Fryeburg to Standish.
A group called the Mountain Division Alliance would like to see the trail run 50 miles from New Hampshire to Portland. It would follow the old Mountain Division Railroad tracks that haven’t been used in decades.
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