AUGUSTA — The United Bikers of Maine Toy Run is hitting the road this weekend. The charitable ride that provides thousands of toys to needy children will follow a new route this year — traveling on residential streets through Augusta — after a double fatality on Interstate 95 that killed two riders in last year’s […]
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Rightstart receives toys from United Bikers of Maine
United Bikers of Maine present toys from their annual Toy Run to Rightstart’s Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens. These programs help provide Christmas to children from birth through high school of families in need in the eight towns of Oxford Hills. Representatives of the Rightstart board include, from left: Janis Hutchins, Connie Allen and Jean Delamater, with Representatives […]
Police say motorcycle drifted into passing lane before fatal collisions
Two bikers were killed Sunday in a crash on the Maine Turnpike. AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine police have determined the cause of a double fatal motorcycle crash that happened during the United Bikers Toy Run last weekend. The Portland Press Herald reports the crash occurred on Interstate 95 in Augusta. Police say the chain reaction […]
From Lewiston to Windsor, United Bikers’ toy run rolls on
LEWISTON — That leather-clad biker next to you at the red light — the one with the black sunglasses and the family of gnats lodged in his beard — is a defender of the less fortunate and a guardian of the Christmas spirit. Sunday marked the 33rd annual United Bikers of Maine Toy Run, bringing […]