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Mill City Park officially opens with ribbon cuttings, whitewater festival
The Laconia Daily Sun | Thomas P. Caldwell | June 21, 2022 FRANKLIN — Six years of work at transforming the Three Rivers City from a former mill town to... -
From mills to whitewater, Franklin's economy driven by the river
The Laconia Daily Sun | Jon Decker | March 18, 2022 FRANKLIN — Franklin is a city of rivers. Both the Winnipesaukee and Pemigewasset pass through it, forming the Merrimack... -
Franklin’s Mill City Park getting closer to completion
Concord Monitor | Ben Domanigue | December 13, 2021 Kayaking may not be the first thing that comes to mind at the start of winter unless your name is Marty... -
Paddlers whet their appetites as Franklin breaks ground on whitewater park
The Laconia Daily Sun | Adam Drapcho | July 12, 2021 Franklin City Manager Judie Milner laughs as she and other dignitaries use – what else – kayak paddles... -
Signs of progress after years of effort to revitalize Franklin
Concord Monitor | Julia Stinneford | 5/23/2021 When Jason Harrington was a teacher in Tilton, he did an activity with his students that involved an outdoor engineering project involving a white-water... -
Franklin eyeing this summer as first bright season in decades
The Laconia Daily Sun | Adam Drapcho | May 7, 2021 FRANKLIN — Tourism businesses in the Lakes Region are hoping that a busy summer will snap them out of... -
N.H. city hopes to make a big splash with a whitewater park and a renamed downtown
A new name for downtown? It won't be the first community to rename itself, and it probably won't be the last. Boston.com | Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent | April... -
Franklin: Reimagined and Revitalized
Learn more about Mill City Park’s summer opening NH Magazine | Anna-Kate Munsey | April 21, 2021 New Hampshire’s smallest city has big plans. Once a thriving mill town, City... -
Ground broken on Franklin’s Mill City Park, a future whitewater destination
Concord Monitor | Julia Stinneford | April 8, 2021 When Marty Parichand was 16, his father took him white-water rafting on the Penobscot River in Maine. “As we were carrying... -
Where To Hike, Bike & Raft In A Day In New Hampshire
If you drive 90 minutes north of Boston, you’ll reach an area that includes three traditional New England towns – Andover, Franklin and...
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Return to the River Part 1: Franklin's First Inhabitants
Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki People Chief Paul Pouliot stands on a fishing and observation deck along the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin. The area behind him, on the bend... -
Downtown coordinator, developer continuing Franklin growth
Elodie Reed | Concord Monitor A new downtown business coordinator and a year-old four-way partnership are continuing the push to liven Franklin’s downtown. The coordinator, Concord-based development consultant Niel Cannon,...
