Rioting is not new on Keene State's campus. Riots broke out both after last year's pumpkin festival and after the Red Sox World Series win last year. Early in the evening Saturday, Keene State ...

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The City Council in Keene, New Hampshire, overwhelmingly rejected a permit for the annual Pumpkin Festival Thursday night after alcohol-fueled violence last year led to ...

Let It Shine, the group that organizes the Keen Pumpkin Festival, and city officials are at an impasse as this year’s festival hangs in the balance. After the riot that took place during last ...

KEENE - The Keene Pumpkin Festival regained its permit from the city Thursday night in a split vote that required Mayor Kendall Lane to break the tie. Half of the 14 city councilors at Thursday ...

The Keene pumpkin festival broke a world record Saturday night for the most carved, lit jack-o'-lanterns in one place.Organizers said 30,581 pumpkins were lit at the same time, breaking a record ...

I attended the (Keene, NH) Pumpkin Festival with several others from the Agawam Senior Center. We did not see any riots at or within the Festival as the riot activity (apparently) was near or at ...

KEENE — Organizers of the Keene Pumpkin Festival reached their goal of setting the world record for the most lit jack-o'-lanterns Saturday night. "Tonight this is the center of America," Keene ...

Organizers of Keene’s pumpkin festival have met their funding goal, but they are still soliciting donations for the event. The festival once drew thousands to the area breaking world records for ...

Officials in Keene have scheduled a news conference following violent parties near the New Hampshire city's annual pumpkin festival that led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries ...

Started in 1991, the Keene Pumpkin Festival netted its first world record in 1993 with fewer than 5,000 pumpkins. In recent years, it's had a friendly competition with Highwood, Ill., which lit ...