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BICYCLISTS pedal south along the Route 196 bike lane in Topsham toward the Androscoggin River.
BICYCLISTS pedal south along the Route 196 bike lane in Topsham toward the Androscoggin River.
More than 30 riders participated in this year’s Ride of Silence in Brunswick and Topsham the evening of May 21. The annual event was held in memory of Randall Vye and Brendan Batson, who were killed in separate incidents while riding bikes in May 2001. Vye was killed on Bath Road in Brunswick, and Batson, of Fairfield, was killed in Norridgewock.

The Ride of Silence is an international event that attracts thousands of riders.

RICH CROMWELL, chairman of the Brunswick Bike/Pedestrian Advisory Committee and past president of the Merrymeeting Wheelers Bicycle Club, rides on Main Street in Topsham, as Topsham Police provide traffic control during the May 21 Ride of Silence.
RICH CROMWELL, chairman of the Brunswick Bike/Pedestrian Advisory Committee and past president of the Merrymeeting Wheelers Bicycle Club, rides on Main Street in Topsham, as Topsham Police provide traffic control during the May 21 Ride of Silence.
“Riding with a group in silence at a relatively slow pace is a moving experience, and the ride serves as a reminder that we all need to share the road,” said Tom Legare, member of the Merrymeeting Wheelers Bicycle Club, in a news release issued before this year’s event. According to Brunswick/Topsham organizer Tony Barrett, more than 600 bicyclists are killed each year while riding.




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