M Focus on: Technology Jack-o’-lanterns are displayed in Keene during the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival in 2011. (Photo by bwats2 via Flickr; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Keene unrolls needed infrastructure for electric vehicles By JUDE STRIEBY | The Municipal
When it comes to unique happenings, the citizens of Keene, N.H., could mention their feat of breaking the world record for most jack-o’-lanterns on display, which happened several times during the state’s annual pumpkin festival from 1991 to 2014. The town could also point out that the movie “Jumanji,” starring Robin Williams, was shot in its very own Parrish Mansion. But a more recent and substantially more important event was when it became the first in the state of New Hampshire to take the final step toward local implementation of a goal for renewable energy. 28 THE MUNICIPAL | NOVEMBER 2021
