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#SNETTPhoto2020 – Photo Contest

Fall photo contest featuring the SNETT Rail Trail! Here is what you need to know.

DETAILS AND RULES
  • Who should enter

Anyone, any age. Exceptions: FBRTC Executive Board Members and members of the FBRTC Judging Panel. 

  • Categories

Under 18, Over 18.

  • What to enter

Any photos taken on the SNETT (Southern New England Trunkline Trail) of nature, landscapes, people on the trail.

Note: A signed release from any recognizable people in your images is required, and you must be able to provide copies of those releases to the Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee upon request.

  • How to enter
  1. Take a photo on the SNETT rail trail and post on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter only) with a hashtag #SNETTPhoto2020
  2. Then email the photo (including the photo caption and photo location), your name, and category (Under 18, Over 18) to fbrtcommittee@gmail.com. Photos should be jpg/jpeg files no larger than 10MB (no screen shots). One photo per contestant. 
  • When to enter

Contest runs October 1 – October 31, 2020

  • Judging

Top 4 finalists (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place and honorable mention) from each category will be selected by a panel of the FBRTC volunteer members. All decisions made by the judges are final. The 8 winning photographs will be published in The Country Gazette (Photographer’s Portfolio page).

  • Rights

By entering this photo contest, you hereby grant to the Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee (FBRTC): 

  • Non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable publication rights for your photos in all FBRTC’s publicity materials (print or electronic), and the right to use your name in such publications. 
  • This includes the right to use your photos on our website, social media, in print and electronic advertisements and promotions. 
  • All photographs will be credited with the caption “©Person’s Name.”

Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail Committee reserves the right at our sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the photo contest.

Monthly Group Walk

Please join us for our monthly group walk on the SNETT. This month we will be meeting on Sunday, May 19 at 10am at the Lake Street parking lot in Bellingham. Well behaved, leashed dogs are always welcome to join us too.

Road Race

2019 Franklin Fives Road Race Fundraiser – Thank you!

We would like to thank all the sponsors, volunteers and participants for another successful year of our fundraiser for the SNETT rail trail. We appreciate your support of our efforts to raise awareness and bring improvements to the trail.

If you have participated in 5K or 5 mile running events, you can find the results HERE.

From left to right: David Labonte – Race Director, State Representative Jeffrey Roy, Jeff Hall – Masonic Excelsior Lodge (Race Sponsors), and Jamie Helen – Deputy Town Administrator Franklin MA.

Thank you to our 2019 race sponsors!

Ameriprise Financial Services; Andson and Associates; Anthony Martone, CPA; Bellingham Lions Club; Charlie’s Tire & Service Center; Castro, Thersher, Oliveira, CPA; Excelsior Masonic Lodge; Franklin Agway; Franklin DPW; Franklin Odd Fellows; Franklin YMCA; Garelick Farms; Jefferey Roy, State Representative; Jolicoeur Overhead Doors; Jospeh M. Sardonini Jr., CPA; Newburyport Odd Fellows; Orangetheory Fitness – Walpole; R.E. Erickson Co.,Inc.; Sincerity Lodge of Odd Fellows, Van-Wal Machine;