FIRE PREVENTION PARADES

Keene - October 9th at 1300. Line up is at 1200. Parade route is Optical Ave. to Marlboro St. to Main St. to Washington St. Claremont - 126th Annual Fire Prevention Parade: The parade will be held rain or shine on Friday evening October 14, 2011. Lineup will be held at the Claremont Middle School on South Street. The parade will begin promptly at 6:30 pm. The parade route will be west on South Street, right onto Pleasant Street to Opera House Square (formerly Tremont Square) and disband in front of City Hall on Broad Street. Refreshments and awarding of trophies will follow at the Claremont Fire Station on Broad Street.

Bellows Falls - Sunday October 16th. Parade starts at 1300. Starts at Bellows Falls Fire Station, proceeds down Atkinson St to Westminster St to Rockingham St.