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Blackstone River Bikeway ride a wish come true for Millville icon, age 93

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    Blackstone River Bikeway ride a wish come true for Millville icon, 93
    Worcester Telegram
    BLACKSTONE, MA - That’s another item checked off 93-year-old Margaret Carroll’s bucket list.

    Last month, at the ribbon-cutting for a 3.7-mile segment of the Blackstone River Bikeway Ms. Carroll, the Blackstone Heritage Corridor’s longest-serving volunteer, remarked that she’d love to travel the length of the trail.

    At her age, she didn’t expect to get the opportunity.

    But on Thursday, thanks to her friends and a special recumbent bicycle built for two, Ms. Carroll’s wish became a reality.

    Blackstone Heritage Corridor Inc. and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation arranged for Ms. Carroll to ride from Blackstone to Millville to Uxbridge and back on a recumbent tandem tricycle captained by a rider from All Out Adventures.

    It was a way of saying thank you to Ms. Carroll, whose services as historian and civic volunteer well into her 10th decade have made her a Blackstone Valley institution.

    Ms. Carroll, a lifelong resident of Millville and the town’s historian, served as grand marshal for the town’s centennial celebration in 2016.

    A volunteer since 1990 for Blackstone Heritage Corridor Inc., the nonprofit that manages the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Ms. Carroll was instrumental in the planning and development of the Blackstone River Bikeway.

    So it was all aboard for a ride along the bike path on Thursday, with Ms. Carroll in the back seat of a three-wheeled cycle piloted by All Out Adventures program leader Patti Dougherty of Easthampton.

    The caravan that accompanied the cyclist of honor included ...


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