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Biking group gets grant for trail work

Wednesday August 29, 2012 11:13 AM By Bill Bleyer

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Photo credit: Nina Ruggiero

A Long Island nonprofit mountain-biking group has received a $15,000 grant from the REI outdoors store in Carle Place to improve trail maintenance.

Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists (CLIMB) plans to use the money to buy tools and train volunteers, president Michael Vitti of Glen Head said.

He said the group expects to use the funds to improve trails at Stillwell Woods in Syosset,...

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