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Written by Bob Sprague    Thursday, 25 September 2008 19:00    PDF Print E-mail
How Arlington celebrated itself, 2008

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Town Day logoTown officials believe that crowds this year were the largest in a decade. While no clear estimate is available, the town pays for an insurance policy to cover as many as 25,000 people. Several food vendors sold out before 2 p.m. Sept. 20, and the Explorers reportedly made more than $2,000 the night before. The Sons of Italy booth reportedly sold 50 pounds of sausages before 1:30 p.m. and had to close. Some said the big hit was the Tango Restaurant booth, whose hamburgers and sirloin tips were big sellers. The 2009 Town Day is set for Sept. 25 (night) and 26. Rain date is Oct. 3.

Thousands of residents and visitors strolled Mass. Ave. between Mill and Pleasant -- and beyond from 10 to 3 Saturday, Sept. 20, asArlington celebrated Town Day, an annual tradition since 1976.

Activities and fireworks at Spy Pond were held Friday, Sept. 19.


2007 Town Day


2008 Town Day Road Race Results:

Female Division Winners
U-8 - Mai Patel - 31:38
20-29 - Colleen Walley - 24:48
30-39 - Crissy Straub - 19:01 - Overall Female Winner
40-49 - Connie Mooney - 20:16
50-59 - Mary Moynihan Downes - 20:57

Male Division Winners
U-8 - Noah McDonald - 31:38
9-12 - Christopher Coleman - 19:41
13-15 - Leland Garrahan - 19:41
16-19 - Anthony Taylor - 14:24 - Overall Male Winner
20-29 - Scott Weisel - 24:04
30-39 - Mark Lombard - 18:42
40-49 - Jonathan Wyner - 15:33
50-59 - Tim O'Sullivan - 19:54
60 and Over - Paul Kusinitz - 21:11

Below are the full results - Listed are participant number and times

Place
Time
Runner #
1
14:24:00
276
2
15:33:00
403
3
16:04:00
391
4
16:27:00
399
5
17:20:00
411
6
17:30:00
382
7
17:34:00
402
8
17:44:00
383
9
18:42:00
384
10
18:43:00
236
11
18:45:00
406
12
18:52:00
354
13
19:01:00
F341
14
19:21:00
412
15
19:41:00
251
16
19:45:00
227
17
19:59:00
436
18
20:12:00
426
19
20:16:00
F380
20
20:19:00
433
21
20:22:00
439
22
20:23:00
228
23
20:26:00
235
24
20:29:00
339
25
20:44:00
F407
26
20:57:00
F429
27
20:57:00
F355
28
20:58:00
431
29
21:04:00
300
30
21:11:00
476
31
21:16:00
425
32
21:37:00
348
33
21:37:00
F235
34
21:40:00
F427
35
21:47:00
390
36
21:48:00
F303
37
21:49:00
F334
38
22:01:00
F335
39
22:02:00
331
40
22:12:00
231
41
22:15:00
378
42
22:15:00
F432
43
22:44:00
F410
44
22:54:00
430
45
22:57:00
337
46
22:57:00
F336
47
23:04:00
F386
48
23:05:00
330
49
23:12:00
F408
50
23:20:00
477
51
24:04:00
F356
52
24:11:00
F389
53
24:11:00
392
54
24:15:00
F394
55
24:16:00
377
56
24:44:00
332
57
24:55:00
393
58
25:09:00
301
59
25:19:00
F352
60
25:19:00
353
61
25:25:00
F424
62
25:25:00
F398
63
25:32:00
437
64
25:35:00
347
65
25:37:00
350
66
25:40:00
252
67
25:50:00
F388
68
26:03:00
373
69
26:04:00
232
70
26:20:00
385
71
26:25:00
400
72
26:31:00
F343
73
26:36:00
F342
74
26:37:00
F344
75
26:42:00
F375
76
26:45:00
478
77
26:45:00
349
78
26:56:00
F338
79
26:56:00
F387
80
26:57:00
F346
81
27:25:00
F401
82
27:26:00
229
83
27:23:00
381
84
27:30:00
327
85
27:31:00
F326
86
27:48:00
F396
87
28:37:00
F438
88
29:01:00
253
89
29:01:00
233
90
29:03:00
405
91
29:23:00
F435
92
29:25:00
F434
93
29:34:00
F333
94
29:43:00
F404
95
30:17:00
F345
96
31:38:00
F205
97
31:38:00
204
98
31:52:00
F397
99
31:40:00
206
100
32:47:00
F409
101
32:55:00
230
102
 

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