Franklin Holiday Stroll Becomes Highlight of the Season

Franklin Falls Business Group and the City sponsor festivities

January 25, 2025 • Saved under Other Organizations
By Lori Seog
Franklin Falls Business Group winners of the Storefront Window Decorating Contest (top left to bottom right): “Most Festive” — Thrift Clothes Closet and Grevior Furniture; “Best Overall Window” — Downtown Crêpes; Best Use of Small-Space Windows” — Broken Spoon Restaurant and A. W. Frost Agency; “Honorable Mention” for the vacant Auerbach building, decorated by Christy Mank and Lori Magoon. Photo: William F. Pomeroy

FRANKLIN — On December 6, 2024, the City of Franklin and the Franklin Falls Business Group once again sponsored the annual Holiday Stroll. The Stroll included a children’s holiday party at the Bessie Rowell Community Center, the City’s Annual Tree Lighting in Marceau Park, caroling, and the Franklin Falls downtown business district lit up with decorated storefronts and holiday lights. 

The City’s fire trucks, lit in red and green lights, escorted Santa into downtown to open the Franklin holiday season. A highlight of the evening was free rides down Central Street to enjoy the lights, provided by Heisler Hay and Horses and sponsored by a number of members of the Franklin Falls Business Group.

Sponsors of the Stroll and hay wagon rides:

FBIDC, Chinburg Mgmt, Lakes & Mountain Development, Thrift Clothes Closet, A. W.  Frost Insurance, Asian Delight, Seufert Law, Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin Storage Company, Dillon Cabinet Company, Better Days Counseling  NewschoolVinyl, Grevior Furniture, Peabody Place.        

Community Volunteers who made the evening possible:

Helpers from the City; City Manager Judie Milner; Chief Daniel Poirier, Franklin Police Department; Chief Michael Foss, Franklin Fire Department; Director Krystal Alpers, Franklin Parks & Rec; Director Justin Hanscom, Franklin Municipal Services; Director Rob Sargent, Franklin Library; City Councilor George Dzujna; City Councilor Valerie Blake; Program Director Stephanie Wolfe; Partners in Prevention.

Community Helpers:

Jim Jones, Glenn Morrill, Sandy Weld, Marty Parichand, Jo Brown, Elizabeth Stewart, Stephen Pascucci, Frank Genus, Bill Pomeroy, Mark Picard, Lori Seog.