When you host a festival successfully for over two decades and then decide to just not to because some college kids went nutty at unrelated event, you better believe business will go down.
( Concord, N.H. ) - The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled the conduct of a band of so-called "Robin Hoods" in Keene who feed expired parking meters while following officers around is protected under the first amendment, but the city has a right to pursue an injunction against them in the interests of public safety.
( Laconia, N.H. ) -The city of Laconia will host this year's annual pumpkin festival after the city of Keene declined to issue a permit for the event following violence near last year's festival. Laconia mayor Ed Engler said Laconia's experience hosting the annual motorcycle festival has given officials a good handle on security and public safety.
Let It Shine, the organizers behind the Keene Pumpkin Festival, will be announcing on Friday where they are taking their organizational know-how next. Will it be Nashua? Laconia? Or somewhere else?