I google searched ‘Keene NH, Pumpkin Fest’……and there’s trouble brewing in them mountains of New Hampshire. I’m an eight hour drive away, so maybe next year. Hopefully I won’t be considered an outside agitator.
“It’s (expletive) wicked,” an 18-year-old from Haverhill, Mass., told the Keene Sentinel. “It’s just like a rush. You’re revolting from the cops. … It’s a blast to do things that you’re not supposed to do.”
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan said in a statement Sunday that she was “outraged by the irresponsible, terrible actions that marred a New Hampshire tradition.”
The town’s annual Keene Pumpkin Festival is one of its biggest events, bringing millions of dollars to local and state businesses and upwards of 70,000 attendees, according to some estimates. Attendees bring tens of thousands of pumpkins for the festivities.
It’s for those normally tame crowds that the Keene Police Department has been derided for once seeking an armored police vehicle, citing the possibility of a terrorist attack.
Instead, the town, which is home to Keene State College, appears to have been mildly terrorized by its own young people, who massed in the streets for drunken revelry. And as is often the case in any place that young people gather en masse, the events were well-documented on social media.
BE THIS GUY 5 months ago
Nobody there protesting on behalf of turnips?
Algolei I 5 months ago
Did Rudy bring the fists, tear gas, or pumpkin bits?
T Smith 5 months ago
Wait… Walgreen’s is out of Metamucil? Oh, the humanity!
Egrayjames 5 months ago
I google searched ‘Keene NH, Pumpkin Fest’……and there’s trouble brewing in them mountains of New Hampshire. I’m an eight hour drive away, so maybe next year. Hopefully I won’t be considered an outside agitator.
ajr58(1) 5 months ago
Geez, it really happened in 2014
“It’s (expletive) wicked,” an 18-year-old from Haverhill, Mass., told the Keene Sentinel. “It’s just like a rush. You’re revolting from the cops. … It’s a blast to do things that you’re not supposed to do.”
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan said in a statement Sunday that she was “outraged by the irresponsible, terrible actions that marred a New Hampshire tradition.”
The town’s annual Keene Pumpkin Festival is one of its biggest events, bringing millions of dollars to local and state businesses and upwards of 70,000 attendees, according to some estimates. Attendees bring tens of thousands of pumpkins for the festivities.
It’s for those normally tame crowds that the Keene Police Department has been derided for once seeking an armored police vehicle, citing the possibility of a terrorist attack.
Instead, the town, which is home to Keene State College, appears to have been mildly terrorized by its own young people, who massed in the streets for drunken revelry. And as is often the case in any place that young people gather en masse, the events were well-documented on social media.