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The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer

Mark King, left, director of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, which hosted the event, chats with Albany County Legislator Herbert Reilly, who has a program of the event in hand. King said the county just this week licensed Voorheesville to start working on an extension of the trail; the village has applied for a $1.2 million grant from the state’s Department of Transportation to make a visitor’s center — a replica of the original train station — and parking lot at the head of the trail that, it is hoped, will one day extend to Albany. “We hope other municipalities will step up and work on their pieces,” said King, “making it a real community asset.” Behind him, coming off the trail, is Gary Washburn, who walked the route for the first time with his wife, Lynne, and their two West Highland terriers, Chloe and Paidin. They said that walking the trail with their dogs was far more enjoyable than walking on a sidewalk or street.