In memory: Local kicks off foundation fund-raising with marathon

Written by Rachel Kirkpatrick, Assistant Editor

One of the last legs of the Boston Marathon is known for being the most grueling — Heartbreak Hill in Newton, Mass. It’s a half-mile incline about 20 miles into the total 26-mile course.

Nineteen-year-old Kenny Slattery of New Canaan knows this area well as an avid runner and student of nearby Boston College. But on Marathon Monday, April 19, this stretch will hold a special significance.

As a participant, Slattery will be running a few blocks away from the home of Edward and Deirdre Heilbron, formerly of New Canaan, who on January 2 lost their son, Joseph Kelly, to an undetected heart defect that has yet to be determined.

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