Photos From Bud Foster’s 100th Birthday Parade

By Franklin County Now May 22, 2020 11:10 am

By JULIE CUNNINGHAM

Photos by Franklin County Now staff

(Bernardston, MA) Today, May 22, Bud Foster was honored with a social distancing parade through downtown Bernardston. Foster turns 100 years old today, and is the founder of Foster’s Supermarket in Greenfield.

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