Lenox Apple Squeeze Runs Draw Dozens

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LENOX, Mass. -- Tom Keefe won the Lenox Apple Squeeze 5-mile race with a time of 30 minutes, 13 seconds on Sunday morning.
 
Keefe, 36, maintained a pace of 9.9 mph to edge Nick Curelop, who finished in 30:53.
 
The first woman over the finish line and the fourth-place finisher overall was Kate Sanders in 36:29.
 
Sixty-two runners completed the 5-miler, one of several road races held Sunday in conjunction with the annual townwide weekend harvest festival.
 
Joey Wein won the 5K, finishing in 21:31. He was followed across the finish line by Meghan Behrent (23:00) and 28 other finishers.
 
The Apple Squeez kids mile run title went to Raymond Pixley, 14, who finished in 7:09 to beat Owen Ames, 9, who ran a second-place time of 7:45.
 
The third-place finisher in the girls race was Josephina Pixley in 7:47.
 
The mile race drew 42 competitors, making 134 finishers combined for the three events.
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Ghost Tour at Ventfort Hall

LENOX, Mass. — Join Robert Oakes, author of "Ghosts of the Berkshires," who will lead participants through the rooms and halls of Ventfort Hall sharing tales of its alleged hauntings.
 
The tour will take place at 8 pm on Saturday March 16.
 
Admission is $30 and minimum age to attend is age 12. Reservations are strongly recommended as tickets are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call at 413-637-3206. All tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Payment is required to make a reservation for an event.
 
This is not an active investigation.
 
Robert Oakes is an author, teacher, storyteller, and singer/songwriter originally from northern New Jersey and currently residing in the Berkshires.. Since 2010 Robert has led the ghost tours at Edith Wharton's The Mount in Lenox, and has represented the museum and its ghosts on Syfy's Ghost Hunters, Jeff Belanger's New England Legends series on PBS, and The Apple Seed show on BYUradio. 
 
In 2020, Robert's debut book, "Ghosts of the Berkshires," was published by Arcadia Publishing and is on sale now in our gift shop. Robert's latest book, "Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey," was released in September 2022.
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