Politics & Government

Borough Council Agrees to St. Pat's 5k Run

The second annual race will be held Oct. 23, 2011.

The Chatham Borough Council gave their approval to St. Patrick's Church for a second annual 5k run.

The run will be held on Sunday, Oct. 23, the second anniversary of the death of the Rev. Edward Hinds, the former pastor of St. Patrick's.

Karen Wittmer, who presented the run for discussion before the council at the Monday, June 13 meeting, said the run will follow a different route from 2010.

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"It'll start in front of the church steps on Chatham Street and it will continue down to Lum," Wittmer said.

From Lum Avenue, the race will continue left on Front Street, left onto Washington Avenue, left on Fairview Avenue, right on Highland Avenue, right on Greenwood, right on Washignton Avenue, left on Chatham Street, right on Lincoln, right on Walnut, up wash ave. and back to the church on Chatham Street.

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Last year, Wittmer said, over 750 people ran in both the 5k race and the one-mile fun run.

Wittmer asked for street closures between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. for the race, but the event is not scheduled to end until noon.

The resolution sanctioning the race will be on the agenda at the council's next meeting, Mayor Nelson Vaughan said.

For Patch's photo gallery from the 2010 St. Patrick Church 5k Run, click here.


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