Police Shut Down Cub Scouts’ Cotton Candy Booth and Homeless Shelter’s Bake Sale

by | Oct 18, 2010 | 84 comments

What would we do without the heroes in the Keene Police Department? Thank goodness they are here to keep us safe from the criminal Cub Scouts selling us cotton candy and the volunteers at the Hundred Nights shelter selling us baked goods! Here’s the news story from the Sentinel. I heard there was video taken, but I haven’t seen it pop up yet.

Many businesses and nonprofit organizations name Pumpkin Festival as their most profitable selling day or fundraiser.

But a few fundraisers were cut short by police and festival organizers.

Police shut down three vendors for operating without permits this year.

One of them was the Cub Scout Pack 297 cotton candy booth. (more…)

Momma Ally Kidnapped in Keene

by | Sep 22, 2010 | 121 comments

Momma Ally of the Keene Last Biscuit has been kidnapped by individuals claiming to be bounty hunters. She is currently en route to Georgia. The status of the rest of the Last Biscuit family is presently unknown. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Stopping Free Keene Activism in Central Square

by | Sep 17, 2010 | 54 comments

Over the last year activists associated with the Free Keene website have engaged in civil disobedience in Keene’s  Central Square. The City of Keene has made several efforts to stop this activism, using the only tool they have available, arrests. So far this tactic has utterly failed to stop any activism, at best displacing it to a different park. I would like to present an alternative method that the City of Keene can use that provides the greatest chance of ending the 420 celebrations, the nightcaps, the vigils, and all other activism in Central Square.

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