Week in Review: Fireworks, Road Race and Christina's Closing

Miss anything in Foxborough this week? Here's your chance to sit back and catch up on some Patch. Below is a recap of the week that was at Foxborough Patch:

Nicholas Panagopoulos, the landlord at the closed Christina's on Route 1 in Foxborough, says the owners of the former restaurant and banquet facility owes him $550,000.

Christina's co-owner Marjorie Clapprood and her husdand, Chris Spinazzola denied the claim and say they are actually owed for money they put into the facility.

The restaurant and function facility closed June 30.

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The three Foxborough American Legion baseball players, from Mansfield, injured in the June 18th head-on crash at the intersection of Main and Pierce Streets on Route 140 in Foxborough are recovering and hope to return to action soon.

“I think best scenario is that everyone is doing good, which is good,” Foxborough head coach Bill Travers said.

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Thousands participated in the Harvard-Pilgrim Finish at the 50 on July 3 in Foxborough, which featured a 5K and 10K race. 

The finish line for both the 5K and 10K was the 50-yard line at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots.

With both the 10K and 5K runners entering though the famous Patriots’ helmet as the team has done many times, the participants got to experience the thrill of running on to an NFL field with Patriots’ linebacker Jerod Mayo cheering at the finish line.

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An estimated crowd of 40,000 watched as a 20 minute fireworks display lit up the sky above Patriot Place on July 3. With music provided by Power 88.3 Dean College Radio, there were songs familliar to anyone that has been to a Patriots' game such as "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osborne and "For Those About to Rock" by AC/DC.

Here's a compilation of Foxborough’s police logs from June 25-30.

Each week, we'll feature a different outstanding criminal case from around the region. Information is courtesy of MassMostWanted.com. This past Sunday, we featured a theft that took place at the Comfort Inn in Foxborough this past April that has police still searching for a female suspect.

The state can now move forward with proposed maintenance work on I-95 in Foxborough and other highway and transit projects throughout the Commonwealth after President Barack Obama signed a $105 billion transportation bill that will bring $1.9 billion to Massachusetts.