{"id":2,"date":"2014-08-19T00:37:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T00:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.merrymeetingtrail.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:11:45","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s meet on the Merrymeeting Trail!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The Merrymeeting Trail will be a 26-mile trail in midcoast Maine, connecting the villages of Topsham, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Gardiner. It will utilize the long-unused &#8220;Lower Road&#8221; railroad corridor, owned by the State of Maine, and link the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krrt.org\/\">Kennebec River Rail Trail<\/a> in the north to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brunswickme.org\/Facilities\/Facility\/Details\/Androscoggin-River-Bicycle-Path-10\">Androscoggin River Bicycle and Pedestrian Path<\/a> in the south &#8212; joining Augusta to Brunswick (and one day to Bath!) in an incredible \u201ccapital to coast\u201d connection.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MMtrailsLogo2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MMtrailsLogo2023-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-822\" width=\"181\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MMtrailsLogo2023-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MMtrailsLogo2023.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">For over 15 years, towns and volunteers along the route have worked to make this vision for connected communities a reality. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/?page_id=691\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"691\">And we&#8217;re making progress!<\/a>) The Merrymeeting Trail would be an amazing asset for these communities and the surrounding region &#8212; creating a natural, multi-use connector that runs through villages, forests, fields, and along beautiful rivers. It would attract visitors, support local economic activity, and improve public health.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Please explore this website to learn more about the Merrymeeting Trail, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/?page_id=20\">sign up to receive updates about our progress<\/a>. We&#8217;ll look forward to meeting you on the trail one day soon!<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Capital2CoastOverviewMap.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Merrymeeting Trail will be a 26-mile trail in midcoast Maine, connecting the villages of Topsham, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Gardiner. It will utilize the long-unused &#8220;Lower Road&#8221; railroad corridor, owned by the State of Maine, and link the Kennebec River Rail Trail in the north to the Androscoggin River Bicycle and Pedestrian Path in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":822,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}