It's Today! CVFD 100th Anniversary Parade

Clinton Volunteer Fire Department Celebrates Century of Proud Service

The Clinton Volunteer Fire Department will celebrate its 100^th anniversary this weekend with a host of events including a parade beginning at noon on Sunday, Sept. 18. The parade will include the department’s sponsorship of the 128^th Annual Connecticut State Firefighters Association Convention.

The parade will run on Main Street between the Causeway and fire headquarters featuring marching bands, honor guards and fire apparatus from across Connecticut as well as the tri-state area. 

Sunday’s parade will begin promptly at noon. 

However, the public should be aware of the following:

Anyone attending the parade, take I-95 to exit 64 from both directions. Head south on Route 145 to the intersection with Route 1.  Spectators, please take a left onto Route 1 and continue to any of the shopping centers along Route 1 (Stop & Shop, Walgreens, Shop Rite). Or turn right onto Route 1, go 3/10 of a mile to Ace Hardware on the left, or 1/2 mile to Pierson School on the right. All other parking areas west of these locations will be reserved for post-parade staging of apparatus.

Here's an update on the expected road closures for the Sept. 18 parade:

Residents living on the following streets can expect East Main Street to be closed to all vehicular traffic beginning around noon and re-opening around 3pm.  Please note that this closure will affect Walgreens, Stop and Shop, ShopRite, and several other businesses. Special considerations should be made for prescriptions, medications and other necessities.

Snow Lane

Church Road

Morgan Park

Canterbury Lane

Waterside Lane            

Lafayette Green            

College Street                       

Stanton Road

Lantern Court            

Plymouth Court            

Mallard Lane                       

Meadow Road

All Residential addresses between 2 and 192 East Main Street.

Residents on the following streets can expect detours as a result of the parade.  East main street will be closed to traffic.  In order to access Route 1, residents will be required to travel South on Beach Park Road, East on Shore Road to Groveway to Grove Beach Road to Route 1 in Westbrook.

Park Place                        

Park Drive                        

Allen Road                        

Chittenden Lane

Hickory Avenue            

Kingfisher Lane            

Osprey Commons            

Blue Heron Lane

Holland Drive            

Beach Park Road            

Shore Grove Road            

Uncas Road

Kelsey Road                        

East Road                        

West Road                        

Center Road

Hammock Parkway            

Merrill Road                        

South Parkway            

Hammock Road

East Loop                       

West Loop                        

Loop Road                       

Blake Avenue

Cross Avenue            

East Walk                        

West Walk                        

Central Road

East Service Rd            

West Service Rd            

Sol's Point Road            

Shore Rd

Causeway                        

Groveway

Residents of the following streets can expect detours directing motorists west on Route 1 into Westbrook.

Bluff Avenue                        

Hickory Hill Road                        

Robin Lane                        

Chestnut Street

Walnut Street            

Beach Road                                    

Beach Road Ext.            

Marine Ave

Butternut Road            

Elm Street

All addresses from 280 to 369 East Main Street

The parade route and road closures will not prevent emergency services from reaching any of the above mentioned locations in the event of an emergency.  For all other streets and areas of town, motorists can expect road closures preventing access to East Main Street between 11:45am and 3:30pm. 

Update September 12:

New Staging Area!  Due to the storm damage to Shore Road, the CVFD made the following changes for the parade scheduled for September 18.

The new staging area is Mallard Lane, Shoprite Plaza, Sound Petroleum's driveway, Westbrook Medical Group parking lot, Linden Avenue South and Broadway South (both in Westbrook). 

The reason for the change is due to tropical storm Irene damage and for consideration of Shore Road residents. Safety is the number one consideration of the CVFD.