Lavery Memorial Motorcycle Run Set in Newington

NEWINGTON, CT — The 13th annual Master Police Officer Peter J. Lavery Memorial Motorcycle Run will be Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, rain or shine. The event will be a police-escorted 35-mile leisurely motorcycle ride through several central Connecticut towns.

All friends and supporters of law enforcement on all makes of bikes are welcome. Registration will be from 8 to 9:45 a.m. at Churchill Park, 1991 Main Street, Newington. A $20 donation per motorcycle is requested.

The ride will start at 10 a.m. and end at approximately 11:15 a.m. at Churchill Park, with food supplied by Stew Leonard’s. All proceeds benefit the Peter J. Lavery Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc., www.PeterLavery.org.

The ride begins at Churchill Park and will travel south on Main St., south on Route 5 into Berlin, left (east) on Route 160 into Rocky Hill, right (south) on Route 3 into Cromwell, left (east) on Route 372, right (south) on Route 9 into Middletown, right (west) on St. John’s Square (Route 17), right (north) on North Main Street over the Arrigoni Bridge into Portland, Route 17 north into Glastonbury, left on Main Street, left onto Naubuc Avenue, right (east) on Putnam Boulevard, right onto Route 3 west into Wethersfield, right (west) on Route 287 into Newington, left (south) on Route 5, north on Main St. to Churchill Park.

Anyone with questions may contact Officer John Aselton, Newington Police Department, at 860-594-6247.

Story courtesy of Newington Police Department
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