GOFFSTOWN - Pumpkin fun continued in the downtown village yesterday, coming to a climax with the Giant Pumpkin Regatta.
Ten groups entered the regatta, including several local schools, the town board of selectmen, and the fire and police departments. Each entry decorated its pumpkin boat and dressed according to a particular theme.
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Todd
Lavallee, dean of students at Goffstown High
School and Giant Pumpkin Regatta entrant for the
school’s student council, shoves off into the
river just before the race begins.
(KATE HARPER PHOTO) |
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Visitors
to the annual Goffstown Giant Pumpkin Regatta
line every available edge of the Piscataquog
River yesterday afternoon as the regatta
entrants begin floating down the river. (KATE
HARPER PHOTO) |
Brian Hansen, the manager of Granite State Environmental, picked a 1970s theme. He turned his pumpkin into a giant floating disco ball and wore an Elvis custom for the occasion.
Selectmen chose the controversial Grasmere roundabout as their theme, girding their pumpkin with a wooden collar that resembled a mini roundabout, complete with toy trucks and fire engines. Standing in the hollowed out interior was selectmen chairman John Caprio, in a Minuteman uniform.
Reproduced by the Goffstown
Residents Association.
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