‘It’s a labor of love’: Jay’s hard-working trail stewards

SUN JOURNAL • November 25, 2020

Walk the trails that run along the Androscoggin River at French Falls Recreation Area and you see the added touches. The meaningful signs, rustic resting places, historic tidbits and hand-painted rocks wedged in the crotch of trees. “It is a labor of love,” said Don Leclerc of Jay. “We either walk it or work it.” Leclerc, Randy Easter of North Jay and Jeff Meserve of Livermore meet each week in a covered dugout at the park to plot their plan of action. The men also maintain acres of trails behind Spruce Mountain High School.