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IMAGE GALLERY: Bike Parade Around The Park

North Reading Family Bike Day was held at Ipswich River Park on Thursday.

The North Reading Parks & Recreation Department sponsored the Parade Around the Park during the family bike day on Thursday, April 21.

The event held at the was attended by many families from around the North Reading area. Children were given a bike safety class by North Reading Police Officer Jim Connolly prior to that start of the parade.

A bike repair station was also sponsored by City Cycle in Stoneham and free child fingerprinting was offered by Richard Waller from New York Life.

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The main event was the children's bike parade, in which decorated bikes paraded past the judging station in competition for the best of show in the differnt age groups. 

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