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Irish Cottage Inn hosts St. Baldrick's fundraiser

| 31 Mar 2015 | 02:26
    Adrian Guzman, 8, of Stanhope had five sponsors and raised $150 for St. BaldrickþÄôs Foundation. His haircutter is Maureen Pezzotta of Prohaircutters of Rockaway.
    Adrian Guzman, 8, of Stanhope had five sponsors and raised $150 for St. BaldrickþÄôs Foundation. His haircutter is Maureen Pezzotta of Prohaircutters of Rockaway.
    Dale Meyer of Vernon gets a trim by haircutter Stacy Dolan of FranklinþÄôs Rumours II. Meyer raised nearly $500 to aid the fight against childrenþÄôs cancer.
    Dale Meyer of Vernon gets a trim by haircutter Stacy Dolan of FranklinþÄôs Rumours II. Meyer raised nearly $500 to aid the fight against childrenþÄôs cancer.
    Everybody was taking pictures Sunday at FranklinþÄôs Irish Cottage Inn.
    Everybody was taking pictures Sunday at FranklinþÄôs Irish Cottage Inn.
    For St. PatrickþÄôs Day Grand Marshal Mary Harrington, this is the third time she has had her head shaved for childrenþÄôs cancer research. In her own words, þÄúHair grows back.þÄù She has been having her hair shaved every other year. Her haircutter was Stacy Dolan of FranklinþÄôs Rumours II.
    For St. PatrickþÄôs Day Grand Marshal Mary Harrington, this is the third time she has had her head shaved for childrenþÄôs cancer research. In her own words, þÄúHair grows back.þÄù She has been having her hair shaved every other year. Her haircutter was Stacy Dolan of FranklinþÄôs Rumours II.
    Paul Fredette of Vernon gets a þÄúlittle taken off the topþÄù haircutter Maureen Pezzotta of Pro Haircutters of Rockaway.
    Paul Fredette of Vernon gets a þÄúlittle taken off the topþÄù haircutter Maureen Pezzotta of Pro Haircutters of Rockaway.

FRANKLIN — The Franklin Irish Cottage Inn hosted a St. Baldrick's Foundation fundraiser for the sixth year on Sunday.

Since the first such event in 2010, nearly $100,000 has been raised by owner Damian Ryan for the cause. As a result of Sunday’s head shaving event, Ryan says that more and more donations are expected to come in over the next month and he is hopeful that this year’s annual goal will be met.

This year’s 12th Annual Sussex County St. Patrick's Day Parade featured grand marshals and longtime Franklin residents Dennis and Mary Harrington, who chose St. Baldrick’s Foundation as this year’s charity of choice.

Mary Harrington went a step further by having her long white hair shaved off for the charity and raised a considerable amount of money for St. Baldrick’s asking, “Who wouldn’t do it for the children?”

— Photos by Chris Wyman