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Good Turnout for NBLCT CT Trails Day Hikes

More than 50 adults and children participated in hikes sponsored by the North Branford Land Conservation Trust, Inc. (NBLCT) on June 3 and 4 as part of CT Trails Day. NBLCT members Geoff Smith and Otto Schaefer led a 2.5-mile hike on the Mattabesett Trail, home of the highest peak in North Branford at 720 feet. Seventeen hikers passed intermittent streams and a waterfall on the way up to the high point near a large stone wall. Smith pointed out the names of selectmen, towns, and dates scratched into large rocks that marked the junction of North Branford, Durham, and Guilford. The next day, NBLCT members Hank Petroskey and Ted Groom led a two-hour, leisurely, family-friendly, and educational walk on trails constructed in the 1970s. Located behind Stanley T. Williams and Totoket Valley Elementary School (TVES), the trails featured stonewalls, a brook, and an old trough.