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Kayakers and rafters drawn to Franklin First Day
Union Leader | John Koziol | January 1, 2022 A pair of kayakers make their way toward the standing wave in the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin on Saturday. By John Koziol/Union... -
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... -
Delay in whitewater park construction good for its 'standing wave'
Union Leader | John Koziol | November 30, 2021 Marty Parichand recently tested the “standing wave” in the middle of the Winnipesaukee River in what eventually will be Phase I... -
Making waves: Whitewater park construction underway
By THEODORE TAUCHER Monitor staff Published: 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... -
Franklin, N.H., gears up for whitewater park opening in the fall
Boston Herald | Moira McCarthy | August 22, 2021 This artist’s rendering shows the lower wave of Trestle View Park in Franklin Falls, NH. /Photo courtesy McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group... -
Franklin find its future in the river
Union Leader | Michael Cousineau | August 21, 2021 Marty Parichand of Outdoor New England arrives back in downtown Franklin on a whitewater raft while guiding a group from Rhode... -
Construction starting this week on Franklin’s new Mill City whitewater park
“To see the river come back” and for it to again become an economic driver of the city “is very exciting,” said Kuster, who recently voted in favor of the INVEST in America Act, which among other things, would bring $1.2 million to Franklin for construction of a pedestrian walkway on a trestle bridge that connects Mill City Park with Trestle View Park. -
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... -
New England’s first whitewater park is set to open this year
The free park, funded by $2.5 million in grant money and private donations, will offer kayaking, boogie boarding, whitewater rafting, and surfing on Winnipesaukee River year-round, as well as walking and biking trails, camping, water play areas for kids, and an amphitheater. The park will attract about 162,000 visitors who will spend about $7 million annually in the region, Parichand said.
