January 13, 2024
In 2022 Bolton was awarded a State grant to build a set of multi-use bridges after a first class effort by Cynthia Ayotte. These bridges are to be suitable for many types of trail users. The award was noted in Read more…
During the last two years, Trails Committee members Drew Schaubhut, Gordon Taylor, Larry Kunz and Rebecca Bucciaglia assisted by Abbie Maguire, Winslow Green and Betsy Taylor-Kennedy have been working on a new set of trails in the Ballville Road area Read more…
October 17, 2023
The 2023 weather has caused many trees to fall and block trails, also the good growing conditions have encouraged the undergrowth to spread onto trails in many places, sometimes with a lot of poison ivy. Volunteers have cleared worked with Read more…
July 1, 2023
There have been reports that the Vinger-Venable Trail near the shared driveway to Berlin Road was overgrown to the extent that it had become impassable, and that beavers had settled in to the swamp to create a sizeable pond. In Read more…
June 29, 2023
Vaughn Hills: A large tree fell at Vaughn Hills bringing down other tree and blocking the path from Bare Hill Road to the Beaver Pond. There was also a smaller tree causing a minor obstruction on the same path. This Read more…
June 16, 2023
In June 2023, the map for the Annie Moore on Bolton Woods Way has been replaced by Nick Matte and his father, Greg, because it had become de-laminated over the years. It was first installed during Nick’s Eagle Scout project Read more…
February 9, 2023
Walkers on the Taggart property will have noticed that that the old railway bed continued on to private land beyond the “End of Trail Sign”. This land is owned by the Vespa family and the trail continues across the area Read more…
The Trails Steering Committee’s newest member, Mark Hatfield, noticed some fallen trees blocking the cart path that leads from the Green Road parking area for the Hansen Land (Vaughn Hills). So he took the initiative and cleared them using a Read more…
The trail easement along the north side of the Oak Trail FOSPRD development is held by Bolton Conservation Trust. It’s a little-used, but handy connection between Ballville Road and the Bolton Conservation land that surrounds the area. It’s expected that Read more…
February 2, 2023
In January 2023, a trail user reported that a bridge in the Vaughn Hills area near the Moen parking lot was very dangerous and in slippery weather it looked as though someone could slip off into the brook below, especially Read more…