Woonsocket's Autumnfest Parades City's Community Spirit

Brian Amaral, The Providence Journal
Mon, 10/08/2018 - 12:42pm

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The trees on Social Street in Woonsocket are starting to turn orange and yellow, and with a 50-degree fall chill in the air and overcast skies, the lines of people who gathered here Monday to watch the parade needed blankets to keep warm.It’s autumn in northern Rhode Island, and for 41 years here, that has meant Autumnfest, the annual celebration of all things orange-hued, all things pumpkin, all things Woonsocket.“It’s just something to [...]

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