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    Bob Cummings, Legendary Maine environmental reporter moves on to new trails 

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    It is very sad news that I have to pass on that our fellow WhiteBlaze member "Weary" has passed on. Here is an article by Jym St. Pierre about Weary.


    Robert Cummings of Phippsburg died Thursday, January 21, at age 86.

    Born in Bath, Maine, Bob Cummings was a 1958 graduate of the University of Illinois School of Journalism, where he worked part-time as a reporter for the Champaign-Urbana Courier. After returning to Maine he worked briefly in the Machias Bureau of the Bangor Daily News before joining the staff of the Bath Times. Later he worked at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram for many years.

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    HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — The Appalachian Trail Conservancy announced Tuesday that a record-breaking 6,827 volunteers reported approximately 272,477 hours to maintaining and protecting the Appalachian Trail for hikers to use during the 2015 fiscal year.
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    A new section of the Appalachian Trail in Bear Mountain will open this weekend, thanks to nine months of work by volunteers.

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    Maine Warden Service discover skeletal remains discovered, likely those of missing hiker Geraldine Largay 

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