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The Daily Fairfield

by Main Street Connect

Your Reporter Greg Canuel

Bikers Up to Challenge of Annual Westport Ride

By Eric Gendron 07/31/11

WESTPORT, Conn. -- The hot morning sun glistened on the bikes and helmets of a sea of over 1,100 riders, stretching across the field at the Westport Hunt Club on Saturday. The huge crowd was an impressive sight considering just seven years ago in its inaugural run, the Connecticut Challenge was a modest ride of just over 150 bikers. Now it is one of the preeminent annual fundraisers for cancer research in the state, raising more than $1 million on Saturday.

Almost 70 of the riders were cancer survivors, of which five were in active treatment. More than 40 volunteers at the ...

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Fairfield Rep To Ride For CT Challenge

By Greg Canuel 07/29/11

FAIRFIELD, Conn.—Tony Hwang is ready for new challenge. Hwang, one of Fairfield’s state representatives, will bike 25 miles Saturday in the Connecticut Challenge. The annual cycling event raises money for cancer programs throughout Fairfield County.

“Nearly everyone knows someone who is battling cancer or has battled cancer,” Hwang said. “This event is about supporting the ones we love and helping them through the trials and traumas that go along with fighting and beating cancer.”

This is the second year Hwang will ride the 25-mile route in the Challenge, which ...

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Connecticut Challenge Bike Event Keeps Growing

By Tom Renner 04/14/11

The Connecticut Challenge keeps getting bigger and better. That's good news for both bike riders and for the cancer survivors that benefit from the event.

Registration opened Wednesday at CTChallenge.org. The rides will be held July 30 at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport, a new venue, with 10-, 25-, 50-, 75- and 100-mile rides. Executive Director Bob Mazzone is hoping to have 1,000 riders for the event. Last year, more than 700 riders took part.

"It's not about the bike,'' Mazzone said at a press conference Wednesday at Butterfield 8 in Stamford. "It's about ...

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Courageous Keith Has a New Goal

By Don Harrison 06/16/10

Life's challenges can be overwhelming at times, but don't tell that to Jeff Keith. The longtime Fairfield resident is a man of remarkable courage and resolve – perhaps not always in that order.

At 12, he suffered a broken right knee while playing youth hockey at the Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport. "Somebody knocked me into the boards," he recalled. A biopsy revealed a malignant tumor on his knee, and doctors at St. Vincent's Medical Center amputated his right leg above the knee – on Christmas Eve.

There were few pity parties in the household of Donna and the late ...

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