Townspeople
Andover residents run to beat cancer
New mom wins her first race since giving birth
A record field of runners under perfect weather conditions raised $20,000 to fight cancer at the 9th Annual Larry Robinson 10 Miler and 5 Kilometer Race held Sunday, Nov. 8, at Andover High School, said Roy Dennehy, event director and two-time cancer survivor.
Since 2001, a total of $180,000 have been raised to help advanced cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Larry Robinson's name and memory, he reported. Robinson was the former Andover High Principal, who died of cancer in 1999 at age 46.
In the 5K race (3.1 miles), the overall male winner was Adam Holmes of Andover (17:17), who is the cross country coach at Merrimack College. The female winner was Caroline Bjune another resident of Andover (19:40) who won in her first race back since giving birth in September.
In the 10-miler, the overall male winner was Kevin Gorman of Norwood (55:46), and the female winner was Amanda Kourtz of Raynham (62:46). Betsey Desfosse, a teacher at Andover High who Dennehy calls "the greatest supporter and No. 1 volunteer for all the nine years of the event," ran the 10-mile race in a time of 1:30:26.
Due to the popularity of the event among younger runners, this year's 5K race included a 13 and younger category. Female sisters Emily and Grace O'Hara from Andover came in first and second for females in this age group, both completing the race in under 28 minutes.
Michael Primes of Andover topped the age 19 to 29 group in the 5K with a time of 17:25.
Fabio Piergentili of Andover topped males 40-49 with a time of 17:49.
A time of 26:11 for the 5K was turned in by Andover Town Manager Buzz Stapczynski, good enough for second in his age group, 60-69.
Finally, in the 80 and over age category Lou Peters, an 84-year-old running legend from Methuen, was the overall winner for the second year in a row.
For a complete listing of all the finishers, visit: www.coolrunning.com/results/09/ma/Nov8_9thLar_set3.shtml.
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Scout brings new boardwalk to Pustell Reservation
Eagle Scout candidate Evan Doyle, 15, of Andover stands with Conservation Commission Project Manager Bob Decelle at the edge of a 60-foot boardwalk Doyle built that allows people to cross the Pustell Reservation to other green areas of town.
Move over Snookie! Andover has a brand new boardwalk in town.
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Andover's boardwalk story has a lot less drama than Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's reality TV show Jersey Shore, set on a New Jersey boardwalk. Here, it's all about an Andover teen who simply wanted to do something nice for his hometown. -
Pair return from four years at sea
After nearly four years of living afloat, Sara and Bob Knapp of 1 Woodland Road sailed back into their home port of Salem, Mass. earlier this month with their yellow labrador, Bentley aboard.
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The couple reported visiting 70 islands, representing 23 countries, 11 currencies and six languages. -
Dalton column: Readers recall the great storms of '54
"During the hurricane several huge pines fell across Abbot Street near where I lived as a girl. Fortunately, they fell on open space and no houses were damaged," wrote Margaret Blake in response to my column about the two summer storms of 1954. The first and more violent of the two storms was Hurricane Carol, which was the storm Margaret mentioned. It had top winds of 125 mph and was followed by the flooding rains of Hurricane Edna two weeks later.
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