Willimantic’s Boom Box Parade celebrates 30th year

WILLIMANTIC  — The Independence Day Boom Box Parade in Willimantic, is celebrating its 30th year. More than 5,000 participants and spectators lined Main Street on Saturday, carrying radios tuned to WILI-AM, which provided the marching music. The idea for the parade came in 1986, when organizers of a Memorial Day parade couldn’t find a marching band […]