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May 20, 2017 12:00 am • Last Updated: May 20, 2017 7:17 pm

By Sarah Gordon/The Day

Everett Roads, 3 of Niantic, checks out what it would be like to work a Toro mower during the Touch a Truck event cosponsored by the Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut and the East Lyme Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at McCook Point park in Niantic. Proceeds from the event, which allowed kids a close up look at a variety of vehicles, benefit the work of Child & Family Agency of Southeastern CT. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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East Lyme — Children got to check out what it would be like to work heavy construction and other vehicles during the Touch a Truck event cosponsored by the Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut and the East Lyme Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday at McCook Point park in Niantic.

Proceeds from the event benefit the work of the agency.

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