Thanks to Marie-Anne Faissler who alerted the Trail Committee about a large red oak that fell down across the Edmund Hill Trail in the Edmund Hill Woods area. This oak is over 2 feet in diameter and in the process of falling took three other trees with it. Fortunately, the NTC recently purchased a long chainsaw bar (28 inches). I needed every inch of this bar to saw through the log. The trail is now cleared and there's a bunch of wood stacked up all around there.

Go check out the new installation on the Cold Harbor trail. Eagle Scout candidate Greg Farrell (working with NTC sponsor Charlie Bradley) initiated a project to replace the plank-style bridges that went through the swampy meadow section preceding Cherry St. with a 3-foot wide elevated boardwalk.

I did some work at Watson Park today (9/11) before the rain came in. One of the problems I found with the trail was that it wasn't very clear where the trail entrance was in the section behind the Water Supply building, so I flagged that better and also got the brush trimmer and trimmed the grass at the entrance. There was a tree down in the woods a bit, so I cleared that. I also trimmed the grass through the meadow so it's easier to walk through.

It appears that the main page for the Northborough Trail Committee website is down. We will post here once the problem is fixed.

Bob Mihalek-NTC Chairman