Armonk Fall Festival Adds New Name, 5K Race

ARMONK, N.Y. -- Community members gathered at Wampus Brook Park on Sunday for the Armonk Fall Festival, which is a new take on existing events.

Runners in the 5K road race in Armonk, which is named in honor of Jamie Love.
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Onlookers at the 5K road race in Armonk, which is named in honor of Jamie Love.
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Aaron Szotka, who finished first overall and for the men's category in the Armonk 5K.
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Sydney Durand, who finished first in the women's category at the Armonk 5K.
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Jamie Love's mother, Michelle, gets a hug from Neal Schwartz, president of the Armonk Chamber of Commerce. A 5K held on Sunday is named in honor of Jamie Love.
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Live music at the Armonk Fall Festival
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Fresh donuts are prepared at the Armonk Fall Festival.
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Doughnut fishing at the Armonk Fall festival.
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Mount Pleasant's Samantha Keltz, 7, participates in the doughnut fishing segment at the Armonk Fall Festival. Her father, Gary Keltz, held the pole.
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A kids' pie-eating contest at the Armonk Fall Festival
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An adult pie-eating contest at the Armonk Fall Festival.
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Tom Auchterlonie

09/22/2015 11:30 p.m.

Neal Schwartz, president of the Armonk Chamber of Commerce, said that the fall festival reflects a name change - it was previously called the Cider & Donut Festival - and featured more vendors and sponsors.

The festival also featured a 5K road race named in honor of Jamie Love, which served as a focal point for attendees.

Love, a Byram Hills High School graduate and University of Vermont student who died in 2013 of an irregular heartbeat, Daily Voice reported at the time.

Love participated in cross country in both high school and college.

The 5K, which was previously sponsored by Friends of the North Castle Public Library, was sponsored this year by the chamber, Schwartz said. A portion of the festival's proceeds will be donated to the library.

Several of Love's former classmates took part in the race, including the top men's and women's finishers. Tucker Nixon, a University of Vermont graduate who knew love, put the figure at more than a dozen.

Asked what it means to run in the race, Nixon replied, “it’s really important."

For Nixon, the race is a chance to celebrate with Love's family and friends; he noted that friends who he might not have otherwise seen came in.

The race took place in the morning, while several attractions followed. They included live music, doughnut fishing - kids try to eat doughnuts being dangled by adults without using hands - and pie eating contests for kids and adults.

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