Crime & Safety
Area Runners, Walkers Honor First Responders
Second annual "Chief Maloney Unity Run and Walk" honors police officers, firefighters, and EMTs two weeks after Boston Marathon bombings.
Just two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, thousands of Portsmouth area runners and walkers participated in the second annual "Chief Maloney Unity Run and Walk" on Sunday.
According to race organizers, this year's event remembered Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney a year after he was killed during a drug raid on April 12, 2012, provided funds for the Chief Michael Maloney Relief Fund, and honored all first responders.
Up to 1,500 people converged at the Portsmouth Municipal Complex on Junkins Avenue before 9 a.m. to run and walk the 5.6-mile race to the Greenland Police Station along South Street and Route 33. Waiting for them was plenty of live music, food, beverages and fellowship.
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What follows is a video and some photographs from the Sunday event.
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