The writer is the retired chairman of the Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail Coalition.
CHESTERFIELD, N.H.-Although Jason Cooper made a great case for the importance of the island connected by the two bridges connecting Brattleboro and Hinsdale, the scope of its potential is even greater than he described.
The Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail, connecting Mt. Monadnock with the island, greatly expands the potential scope of the project of bridge development. In addition to the island as a location for a boat ramp to bring folks together from up and down the river, as Jason has described, it also provides a meeting place for hikers coming from the east on the Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail and eventually from the interior of Vermont along the West River Trail.
Keep up the good work, Jason.
Tom Duston
Chesterfield, N.H.
The writer is the retired chairman of the Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail Coalition.
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