Kent Library Celebrates Big Truck Day

KENT LAKES, N.Y. -- More than 390 people, mostly parents and children, turned out to see the big trucks gathered at Kent Public Library on Saturday, June 4, for this year's "Big Truck and Community Vehicle Day."

A girl sits in the cab of a big rig during Kent Public Library's "Big Truck and Community Vehicle Day" on June 4.
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A boy tries on a sheriff's vest during Kent Public Library's "Big Truck and Community Vehicle Day" on June 4.
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From L: Lou Strickland, Town of Kent Supervisor Maureen Fleming, and Eugene Livulpi, Sanitation Crew Chief for Lake Carmel Sanitation District, at the "Big Truck and Community Vehicle Day" event on June 4.
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Ken Davis

06/09/2016 4:00 a.m.

In addition to a fire truck, police van, construction equipment and well drillers, the event included a former tank belonging to the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.

Children honked horns and sounded sirens of the many interesting vehicles gathered in the library's parking lot.

Some of the people and organizations who helped make the event successful included Town of Kent Supervisor Maureen Fleming, the Kent Highway Department, the Kent Police Department, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, the Lake Carmel Sanitation District, the Lake Carmel Fire Department and the Boyd Artesian Well Company.

The library plans to host the big truck event next year.

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