Kids & Family
Balloons Rise in Charlotte's Memory Above New Playground
The Charlotte Rose Kelly Play Area opened Wednesday evening with a ceremony behind Braintree Town Hall.
Check back with Braintree Patch for more coverage and photos from the ceremony.
Dozens of local residents and officials crowded around the Charlotte Rose Kelly Play Area at French's Common Wednesday evening, marking the opening of the playground built in Charlotte's memory on what would have been her seventh birthday.
Charlotte, the inspiration behind the annual Prayers for Charlotte road races in Braintree that raise money for neuroblastoma research and relief for families fighting cancer, lost her two-and-a-half-year battle with Neuroblastoma on Dec. 7, 2011.
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