Charity ride denied ending at Old Lyme beach

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Old Lyme - Thanks, but no thanks, was the Board of Selectmen's response to a request from the organizer of a Sept. 12 March of Dimes motorcycle event that had hoped to end its ride with a cookout in Sound View beach.


First Selectman Timothy Griswold said selectmen voted Monday not to endorse the charity event's ride into town. "It's a lot of noise," said Griswold, who estimated that about 1,000 bikers would participate.


Though the ride is scheduled for after Labor Day, Griswold said the town would on that weekend just be getting over summer beach traffic and would be "breathing a sigh of relief" when the ride would have come through town.


March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization promoting healthy pregnancies and births. The organizer expressed interest in attending the next selectmen's meeting to discuss the request, Griswold said.


"I'm sure it'd be nice to have money for the charity, but you've got to think about the home town, too," Griswold said.

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