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Disturbances continued into Sunday morning after parties at Keene State College spun out of control Saturday. Police in riot gear fired tear gas at hundreds of students throwing bottles and other objects, according to witnesses on the scene.
At least one car and two Dumpsters were overturned.
According to the Keene Fire Department, multiple people were transported to a nearby hospital.
Witnesses described the scene, largely on or around Wilcox Street, as chaotic, and far more extreme than anything they’d ever seen before.
The parties were being held along with the Keene Pumpkin Festival, an annual event that is a point of pride for the small New Hampshire community. Last year’s festival set a world record of 30,581 carved and lighted jack-o-lanterns at one place and one time