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Matt Lauer bikes the North Fork for charity

By Vera Chinese

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Matt Lauer pulls into Macari Vineyards and Winery in Mattituck Tuesday morning. (Credit: Vera Chinese)

The first day of Matt Lauer’s 230-mile charity bike ride from Boston to New York City started with clear skies, dry conditions and a comfortable temperature.

The Today Show host wasn’t so lucky while traveling wet North Fork roads on Tuesday, day three of the five-day tour.

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Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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