A group participates in the “Zombie Walk” at the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival in downtown Laconia on Friday. The walk charted a path from Veterans Square to City Hall, with the group acting and walking like zombies. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Charlie Demers, right, and his fiancée Missy Stone kiss while dancing at the Spook'N Groove Halloween Dance Party at The CAKE Theatre downtown during Pumpkinfest on Friday. Demers and Stone will wed two years from now. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
A group of people participate in the Zombie Walk for Pumpkinfest downtown on Friday. The Zombie Walk requires participants to walk from Veteran Square to City Hall while acting and walking like zombies. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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A group participates in the “Zombie Walk” at the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival in downtown Laconia on Friday. The walk charted a path from Veterans Square to City Hall, with the group acting and walking like zombies. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
John Comforti, right, feeds 1-year-old Hartley Comforti a piece of his cheesesteak at Pumpkinfest on Beacon Street East downtown on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Mayor Andrew Hosmer swallows his apple pie after being the first to finish during the pie-eating contest at Pumpkinfest on Saturday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Mayor Andrew Hosmer is the first to finish his apple pie during the pie-eating contest at Pumpkinfest on Saturday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Revelers dance at the Spook'N Groove Halloween Dance Party during Pumpkinfest at The CAKE Theatre downtown on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Participants chow down at the pie-eating contest at Pumpkinfest on Saturday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Charlie Demers, right, and his fiancée Missy Stone kiss while dancing at the Spook'N Groove Halloween Dance Party at The CAKE Theatre downtown during Pumpkinfest on Friday. Demers and Stone will wed two years from now. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Trees are lit up during Pumpkinfest near Veterans Square in downtown Laconia on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Trees are lit up for Pumpkinfest near Veterans Square downtown on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Food trucks line Beacon Street East near City Hall during Pumpkinfest on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Shaved ice from KONA Ice is served at Pumpkinfest near City Hall downtown on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
A group of people participate in the Zombie Walk for Pumpkinfest downtown on Friday. The Zombie Walk requires participants to walk from Veteran Square to City Hall while acting and walking like zombies. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
People view the jack-o-lantern display at Pumpkinfest downtown on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Davin Cox, left, a friend of the band Recycled Percussion, hugs John Edwards, 7, after advertising with a sign that reads “free hugz” at Pumpkinfest at Veterans Square in downtown Laconia on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
A woman in a witch costume gets a caricature drawn by an artist at Pumpkinfest on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
The jack-o-lantern display takes over Veterans Square downtown at Pumpkinfest on Friday. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)


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