The parade, lasting about 30 minutes, is one of the highlights of the Groton Fall Foliage Festival, seen here from a second-story church window.

The unsung heroes of Groton’s Chicken Pie Supper — the “runners” — keep the food moving from the kitchen downstairs to the bustling dining hall upstairs. (L–R) Poppy Shattuck, Madison Frigon, Zhijie Zhong, Bella Cole, Raiden Moulton, and Lucas Welch

The Groton Community Building is transformed into a bustling dining hall as hundreds gather for the world-famous Chicken Pie Supper, the crown jewel of the Fall Foliage

After serving the town of Groton in the Highway Department for over thirty -two years, Phillip Palmer recently retired and was participating in the festivities of the annual Fall Foliage Parade from the wheel of Groton’s antique fire department truck. The Bridge Weekly/Shauna Kimball