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Shoreham gets running start on Fourth of July

Wednesday July 4, 2012 12:36 PM By Erin Geismar

Runners take off in the adult 1-mile race

Photo credit: Erin Geismar

Danella Rose was motivated to win the Fourth of July race long before she laced up her sneakers Wednesday morning and headed for the starting point near Miller Avenue Elementary School in Shoreham.

The 10-year-old from Sound Beach ran for her grandfather, Charles Fee, who died a few months ago and had been a runner all his life, even making it to the Olympic trials in 1952.

“My grandpa...

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