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( 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.

You'll want to make sure the sound is up when watching because, and how could you possibly know this, porcupines make really cute noises. Two other things you may not know about porcupines?

You may have noticed a pumpkin or two around the neighborhood lately. Okay, maybe more than two. They're everywhere. This means you’ve probably fallen victim to at least a little bit of the hype and purchased some Halloween pumpkins. But what do you do with them in just a few days, when Halloween is in the rearview mirror?