Select Board approves five-year snowmobile-trail permission with state liability coverage

The board reviewed a proposed five-year permission agreement allowing the Newfields Snow Riders club to maintain and mark a snowmobile trail on town property. The agreement requires the club to sign, mark, maintain the trail and to obtain permission before any project work on the trail system. The state Division of Parks and Recreation Bureau of Trails would provide a landowner liability insurance policy with $2 million in coverage under its grant program; the chair noted there is no cost to the town for the insurance.