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West Newbury Police Staff Member To Participate In Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk

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West Newbury Police Department
Art Reed, Chief of Police
401 Main St.
West Newbury, MA 01985

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

Contact: John Guilfoil
Office: 978-971-8101
Email: [email protected]

West Newbury Police Staff Member To Participate In Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk

Susan Curry and her daughter-in-law, Sarah Curry, have participated in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk together in recent years. (Courtesy Photo)

WEST NEWBURY — Chief Art Reed is pleased to announce that West Newbury Police Administrative Assistant Susan Curry will be walking in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk next month for the 29th straight year.

Curry has participated in the walk along the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon course each year since its inception in 1989. According to the Jimmy Fund, Curry is motivated by a desire to fight back after her mother succumbed to breast cancer in 1981 and will join an expected 9,500 fellow walkers in the nation’s most successful single-day fundraising walk on Sunday, Sept. 24.

“Susan is extraordinarily committed to contributing to the fight against cancer,” Chief Reed said. “She has been a steadfast supporter of the Jimmy Fund for the better part of three decades, and the whole department is proud of her.”

Curry’s mom, Thelma Perry, passed away in 1981 and since then both Curry’s sister and husband have fought their own battles against different types of cancer.

“I don’t know of a single person who can say cancer has not affected their life in some way,” Curry said. “I am so grateful to all of my family members, friends and co-workers who have supported me this year and in years past.”

Members of the community can help Curry reach her $2,500 fundraising goal by clicking here.

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Melrose Police Chief Walks Marathon Route to Raise Money for Jimmy Fund

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Melrose Police Department
Michael L. Lyle, Chief
56 W. Foster St.
Melrose, MA 02176

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 978-769-5193
Email: [email protected]

Melrose Police Chief Walks Marathon Route to Raise Money for Jimmy Fund

MELROSE — Chief Michael L. Lyle reports that he completed the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk last weekend to raise money for patients receiving treatment through the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Chief Lyle raised $250 as part of Team Police Chiefs, which as of Wednesday afternoon, is giving over $57,000 to the fund.

The 77 members of Team Police Chiefs walked in honor of Lucas St. Onge, a 4-year-old from Lowell who is part of Dana-Farber’s Hero Program. Volunteer hero participants, whose pictures and bios line the marathon course, serve as a symbol of what the donations made to the Jimmy Fund go to support.

Along with hundreds of other participants walking for the same cause, Chief Lyle started at Hopkinton at 6 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27.

Seven hours and 51 minutes later, he completed the course, tired but accomplished.

“My aches and pains for a couple days are a far cry from what these patients and families are going through day in and day out,” Chief Lyle said. “I was honored to be a part of this important endeavor to support Lucas and the Jimmy Fund.”

Donations to the Jimmy Fund on behalf of Team Police Chiefs can be made until Oct. 31. Visit their page here.

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**MEDIA ADVISORY** Boston Police Runners Club to Donate Marathon Proceeds to Scholarship in Memory of Ryan Morrissey

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 17, 2015

Contact: Cecil Jones
Phone: 617-719-5978
Email: [email protected]

**MEDIA ADVISORY**

Boston Police Runners Club to Donate Marathon Proceeds to Scholarship in Memory of Ryan Morrissey

WHAT:

Media Availability: The Boston Police Runners Club will donate money raised during its annual Boston Marathon fundraiser to Help Fund a Scholarship in Memory of Ryan Morrissey.

On November 5, 2014, 17 year-old Ryan Morrissey was a young man minding his own business when, in an apparent case of mistaken identity, he was shot and killed outside a Charlestown convenience store.

Less than a year after the senseless murder, the Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown, Operation Progress Boston and Boston Police Runners Club have joined together to establish a scholarship fund in Ryan’s memory.

This year, inaugural scholarships will be presented to two upstanding members of the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club who have displayed an ability and desire to be difference makers in their community.

The Boston Police Runners Club will be presenting a $50,000 check to Operation Progress Boston for scholarships to be presented in memory of Ryan Morrissey. Operation Progress is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide financial assistance and mentoring to young people who desire to go on to college.

To learn more about Operation Progress Boston visit:

http://www.operationprogress.org/about-us.html

WHEN:

TODAY: Friday, April 17, 2015 at 2:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown,

15 Green St, Charlestown, Mass.

WHO:

  • Boston Police Runners Club
  • Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown
  • Friends and family of Ryan Morrissey
  • Scholarship Recipients
  • Operation Progress Boston
  • Boston Marathon Runners Running for the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club.

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25-year-old Wakefield man faces up to 20 years in prison for leaving backpack at Boston Marathon finish line

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Kevin Edson at his arraignment at Boston Municipal Court (WBZ-TV)
Edson at his arraignment at Boston Municipal Court (WBZ-TV)
The peace and healing of yesterday’s wonderful ceremonies and tributes to the victims, survivors, and heroes of the 2013 Boston Marathon were marred last night when police bomb squads had to rush to the area and detonate a backpack allegedly intentionally placed there by a 25-year-old Wakefield man.

Kevin “Keyvon” Edson was arrested in Copley Square after he was seen running around the finish line area yelling “Boston Strong” wearing black clothes, barefoot, and carrying a backpack.

He allegedly placed the backpack near the finish line, which he later told police contained a rice cooker. Police bomb squads detonated the backpack later on. A second backpack found at the scene was later said to belong an an NECN news crew, which was unable to pick it up after the chaos started.

Edson was charged with disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and disturbing a public assembly, all misdemeanors carrying minimal jail time or a fine, as well as possession or use of a hoax device and making a false bomb threat, which carry up to five and up to 20 years in state prison, respectively, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley.

Boston.com has speculated that Edson was conducting “performance art.” Deadspin sums him up nicely.

And now a brief rant by me…

I’m all for art. This wasn’t art. I almost died one year ago, and I can’t imagine how the people who lost limbs or loved ones must have felt when the lights and sirens started and we were all brought back to last year. In my humble opinion, give him the full 20. We did not need this crap yesterday.

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