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Noelle Lambert has long been a survivor. Now she’s playing one on TV. After losing a leg in 2016, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sprinter hopes to be the first person with a prosthetic leg to win CBS’s long-running hit “Survivor.” Season 43 of the Emmy-winning reality show premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. Of the 646 contestants over the course of 22 years, the Manchester, N.H., resident becomes the first above-the-knee amputee to compete. Two previous contestants were below-the-knee amputees.

A 9-year-old boy from Merrimack who had part of his leg amputated during a battle with cancer can play sports again thanks to a donation from a New England-based organization. Last year, Aiden Collyar was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive soft tissue cancer. Advertisement His battle resulted in the amputation of his lower right leg. Aiden’s mom Samantha Collyar said the 9-year-old used general prosthetics.

  A New Hampshire boy got a special gift at a Cambridge race that promotes inclusive environments Sunday.

  CAMBRIDGE (CBS) — A nine-year-old Merrimack, New Hampshire boy got the chance to try something new this weekend. Aiden Collyar lost his leg to cancer a year ago. On Sunday, he was a special guest at the Bionic 5K in Cambridge on Sunday.

The Born To Run Foundation announced today that its founder Noelle Lambert has been named to represent Team USA at the Tokyo Paralympic games to compete in the 100-meter race in Track & Field at the Tokyo games.  Lambert, an above the knee amputee, will compete in the T63 Division (above the knee amputee). She qualified for the Tokyo Games after placing first in the 100-meter at the U.S. Paralympic team trials in Minneapolis on June 18, 2021, with a time of 16.33 seconds.  The Paralympic games in Tokyo will be held August 24 – September 5, 2021. “Representing the...

Dave Hiler has long been a runner. The co-owner of a Brattleboro restaurant and brewery ran the Boston Marathon in 2015 and 2016. Then, in 2018, after a half marathon in Burlington, Vt., “I looked down and had these lumps on the side of my leg.” Doctors told him it was a benign cartilage disease. But a year later, “I had this other softer tissue happening. They said, you know, that’s something a little bit different.” It was a malignant chondrosarcoma, a cancer in his knee. “I was given the option to save the leg — which my doctor referred...

The Born to Run Foundation has received a donation from the Feeney Family of Melrose for $8,150 to help provide athletic prostheses for young people to lead active and fulfilling lives.  The Feeney Family, parents Shawn and Jill and children Jack and Ryan, hosted a virtual fundraiser on Facebook, The Pot of Gold Fundraiser, where they auctioned items from March 7th through March 17th to lucky winners.  Items included restaurant gift cards, household items, scratch tickets and more. The Feeneys put on the fundraising event because their 10-year-old son Ryan was born with Neurofibromatosis 1 and Tibial Dysplasia. After a...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former UMass Lowell lacrosse player Noelle Lambert recently won a national award from L’Oreal Paris during a virtual ceremony. The 23-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire native, who lost a leg in a horrific accident a few years ago, beat out nine other women for the big honor. But winning was only part of the surprise. “I was shocked. I don’t know if you saw the video, but my instant reaction was to scream up to my mother,” Lambert said. That’s because she was stunned as Academy Award-winning actress, Helen Mirren, surprised her with the announcement. “I want to...