A screen grab from a YouTube video of the the house parties that lead to riots near the 2014 Pumpkin Festival in Keene, NH. This year precautions and beefed up penalties should prevent a similar event, the mayor says.

SEPTEMBER 23 – A NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN HAS VOTED TO BRING BACK AN AUTUMN FESTIVAL THAT THREE YEARS AGO WAS MARRED BY FELONY ARRESTS AND TEAR GAS.

MAYOR LANE CAST THE DECIDING VOTE TO ALLOW THE RESUMPTION OF THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL WHICH IN THE PAST HAS DRAWN 60-THOUSAND TO ENJOY THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL. THE TOWN HE ALSO SAYS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS KEENE HAS SEEN A REDUCTION IN THE TYPE OF HOUSE PARTIES THAT LEAD TO THE 2014 RIOT.