As bicycling among area residents and visitors become an ever more popular form of recreation

As bicycling among area residents and visitors become an ever more popular form of recreation, three local towns have just been given a higher profile through a national certification, the first of its kind for a North Country community. Last week a notification came in that the tri-town area of Littleton, Franconia, and Bethlehem has been certified a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. The recognition comes a little more than a year after the nonprofit Tri-Town Bicycle that encompasses the towns was born.