GRAFTON – This trail in Grafton is getting a major upgrade.
On March 24, 16-year-old Grafton resident Liam Lyon appeared before the Select Board to request approval to install 16 weatherproof wooden stands alongside the 0.5-mile trail behind the Grafton Public Library. Each stand would have pages of a children’s book, allowing residents to walk along the “storybook trail” and read.
“Children can walk around the trail and read this entire children’s storybook while enjoying nature,” said Lyon, a Life Scout with Troop 107. “It helps kids get outside, it helps kids read in a more interesting way, and it’s just a general way for kids to have something to do.”…