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Chills and Thrills at Haunted Train Ride By Grace Allen The leaves are turning and darkness comes early these days, so that means it’s almost time for the Haunted Train Ride and Spooky Maze. The popular Norfolk event has been scaring area families for the last 15 years, and is a much-anticipated precursor to Halloween. If you don’t already have a ticket, you’re probably out of luck. Ticket sales were held in September, and the event sold out quickly. A joint venture combining the forces of Norfolk Community League and the Norfolk Lions, it’s held in the woods next to the Holmes Bus Company on Myrtle Street in Norfolk. The event is set for Saturday, October 17 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with a rain date of October 24. Participants ride antique, miniature trains on a half-mile loop through haunted woods, and as the night gets darker, the ride gets scarier. Organizers like to think of the Haunted Train Ride
as a “family-friendly Spooky World.” Geared for children from kindergarten to middle school, the night also includes venues like a spooky maze, and new this year, a Haunted Café with expanded dinner options and seating. Long-time co-chairs and Norfolk residents Tracy Hilfrank and Tara Spellman have watched the event grow more elaborate each year. Originally envisioned as a few scary
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By Grace Allen Karen Gessin is preparing for the fight of her life….literally. In just a few days, she will step into the boxing ring to raise money for Dana-Farber. The 49-year-old diminutive hairdresser will be taking on an opponent for 3 two-minute rounds for Belles of the Brawl on October 7 at the House of Blues in Boston. There will be eleven all-women
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boxing matches that night, with participants hoping to raise significant money to combat breast cancer. Belles of the Brawl is part of Haymakers for Hope, an organization that raises money for DanaFarber and the Jimmy Fund. In 2009, Haymakers for Hope was founded by two Boston-area residents to raise money through amateur boxing matches. In 2013, Haymakers launched Belles of the Brawl, a female-only boxing event held in October, breast-cancer awareness month. The two hugely successful events have raised over $3 million dollars for cancer research in just a few short years. The Norfolk resident, who calls herself an exercise extremist, was taking boxing lessons at a Medfield gym when she first heard about Belles of the Brawl. Gessin went to the first event in 2013, and was hooked. She signed up that very night,
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