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The view from Bow Street in Franklin shows the entire job site. The coffer dam will now need the sandbags, airbags and waterproofing. The goal is to work inside of the coffer dam to build the first surfing feature of the whitewater park. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff   By THEODORE TAUCHER Monitor staffPublished: 9/22/2021 5:40:49 PM Parting the waters of the Winnipesaukee River to create a new standing wave in Franklin’s emerging white water park is no easy feat.Cranes have been driving metal plates into the river bed this week to temporarily divert the flow of the water in...

Outdoor New England owner Marty Parichand paddles down the rapids at the bottom of the Winnipesaukee River in March. Parichand is advocating for Franklin to install a whitewater play park in the river as a way to boost the city’s economy and reinvigorate the community. Elodie Reed photos / Monitor staff   Concord Monitor | Elodie Reed | May 09, 2017On a given day, drivers passing Sanel Auto Parts and crossing over the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin may notice some brightly clad paddlers crashing through the current, mouths opened wide as cold water hits their faces.Floating past old mill ruins,...

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 by Odell Park, would have provided indigenous people abundant fishing and good grounds for agriculture, he said. Photos by Elodie Reed / Monitor staff The Pemigewasset (top right) and Winnipesaukee (bottom right) rivers meet to form the Merrimack River in Franklin, as seen in a photo taken from a plane flown by Hopkinton private pilot Varel Freeman Concord Monitor | Elodie Reed | May 6, 2017Beneath cool, overcast skies, Paul...

Associated Press Writer | NH1 FRANKLIN (AP) — A fundraising barbecue is planned later this month to support efforts to turn a former paper mill site in Franklin into an outdoor adventure park.The Concord Monitor reports Marty Parichand, who already operates an outdoor equipment store in Franklin, hopes to install whitewater paddling amenities, a mountain bike pump track, a community garden and an "eco-village" campsite.Event space is also planned for the city-owned property along the Winnipesaukee River. The barbecue is scheduled for Aug. 20.Parichand and nonprofit PermaCityLife must raise $45,000 to get the project started.He has asked state environmental regulators...