Bulletin Board: 40th Montague Mug Race set for Aug. 21
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The 40th Montague Mug Race is scheduled to be run Saturday, Aug. 21 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The race starts at the Village Green in Montague Center, with the course 5.5 miles in length. It offers hills, dirt roads and great views of the Connecticut River. The finish line is at the ball field on Station Road.
The top prize is a Pewter Mug for the top male and female finisher. Ceramic mugs are awarded to the top three finishers in each division and T-shirts are given to the first 65 people to register.
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Greenfield has a local connection to the World Series, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the majority of its residents are Red Sox fans.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Shane Robinson is the son of Greenfield native Dan Robinson, who comes from a long line of Greenfield families.
This story started last week when sports editor Gary Sanderson was contacted by John Siano, a former teacher at Frontier Regional School, who might as well have been looking at the Shane Robinson family tree with all the knowledge he had about the family. Siano then sent along a detailed letter via snail mail, outlining four generations of the family and the connection they have to the area. Turns out Siano is married to Jean (Britton) Siano, who just so happens to be Shane’s great aunt. So here’s the connection, starting four generations back with Shane’s great-grandfather.