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    Testing the limits

    Nov 01, 2019 4 minutes
    By Mike Lynch

    It was a perfect fall hiking day with blue skies and peak foliage.

    The first Saturday in October also brought peak traffic to Route 73 and nearby trailheads.

    “If you were a traveler, it was a great day,” Keene Town Supervisor Joe Pete Wilson said. “If you were running a small town, it was tough.”

    Short on seasonal staffers who left after the summer, Wilson said he and two other Town Board members spent the day directing traffic and doing other duties to ensure hikers were able to get to the trailheads and the parking lots, which were overrun. He also had a few cars towed.

    Wilson said it was the busiest day of the season up until

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