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About Keene, New Hampshire, NH.
Keene is a city in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the seat of Cheshire County. Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. It hosted the state’s annual Pumpkin Festival from 1991 until 2014. Timothy Dwight, the Yale president who chronicled his travels, described the town as “…one of the prettiest in New England. Keene’s manufacturing success was brought on in part by its importance as a railroad city. Keene’s manufacturing success was brought on in part by its importance as a railroad city. The Cheshire Railroad, Manchester & Keene Railroad, and the Ashuelot Railroad all met here. By the early 1900s all had been absorbed by the Boston & Maine Railroad. Keene was home to a railroad shop complex and two railroad yards. The Manchester & Keene Branch was abandoned following the floods of 1936. Beginning in 1945, Keene was a stopping point for the Boston & Maine’s streamlined trainset known at that time as the Cheshire. Keene became notable in 1962 when F. Nelson Blount chose the city for the site of his Steamtown, U.S.A. attraction. But Blount’s plan fell through and, after one operating season in Keene, the museum was relocated to nearby Bellows Falls, Vermont. The Boston & Maine abandoned the Cheshire Branch in 1972, leaving the Ashuelot Branch as Keene’s only rail connection to the outside world. In 2011, radical activist Thomas Ball immolated himself on the steps of a courthouse in Keene to protest what he considered the court system’s abuse of divorced fathers’ rights. Keene is the seat of the Roman Catholic Parish of the Holy Spirit, whose pastor is the Dean of the Monadnock Deanery, a division under the see of the Diocese of Manchester. The parish has two churches in the City of Keene, Saint Bernard and Saint Margaret Mary. Keene has one Episcopal church, Saint James, which is within the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Keene also has one Greek Orthodox church, Saint George, which is under the see of the Metropolis of Boston. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building is home to the Keene Ward and is part of the Nashua, New Hampshire Stake. Every October from 1991 to 2014, Keene hosted an annual Pumpkin Festival. The event several times set world records for the largest simultaneous number of jack-o’-lanterns on display. The first time was in 1993, when Keene set the record with nearly 5,000 carved and lit pumpkins. During the 2014 festival, college students, the majority not enrolled at Keene State, caused riots in nearby neighborhoods. As a result, the city council refused to grant the festival’s sponsors a license to hold the event in 2015. Several communities came forward, and Laconia became the new host of the annual festival. In late August or early September the city hosts the Keene Music Festival. Several stages are located throughout the downtown area during the day’s events, which are free to the public and sponsored by locally owned businesses. Visitors, mostly from the local community, roam the city’s sidewalks listening to the dozens of bands. Much of the 1995 movie Jumanji, starring Robin Williams, was filmed in Keene (in November 1994) – the movie’s fictional town of Brantford. Frank’s Barber Shop is a featured setting, as well as the Parrish Shoe sign, which was painted for the film. That artwork was subsequently scarred by graffiti, but soon after was professionally restored to its original condition. Later the sign served as a focal point for the sidewalk location of a temporary Robin Williams memorial in the days following the actor’s death on August 11, 2014. Every year, the Keene branch of the Lions Clubs International performs a Broadway musical at the Colonial Theatre (a restored theatre dating back to 1924), to raise money for the community. Other theatres and auditoriums include the new Keene High School Auditorium and the county’s largest auditorium, the Larracey Auditorium at Keene Middle School, and The Putnam Arts Lecture Hall on the campus of Keene State. Keene Cinemas is the local movie theater located off of Key Road.
If you are sending a gift basket to a teacher or student keep in mind that the end of a typical school day is around 3:pm so please keep this in mind when sending gift baskets to a school and remember to place your order early.
Send a get well gift basket to a patient staying at any health care facility located in Keene to cheer them up with some healthy fruit and bright balloons.
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We deliver daily to all Keene hospitals, cemeteries, nursing homes, schools, mortuaries, and funeral homes for funerals, memorial services and celebration of life ceremonies. We also deliver to all local businesses, hotels and convention centers in and surrounding Keene.
Cities Near Keene: Swanzey, NH Brattleboro, VT Jaffrey, NH Peterborough, NH Rindge, NH Rockingham, VT Winchendon, MA Charlestown, NH Hillsborough, NH Athol, MA.
Zip codes in Keene: 03431, 03435, 03445.
Our Keene Gift Basket Company and flower shop local florist offers the world’s largest selection of handcrafted gift baskets and flower for same day delivery in Keene or shipping nationwide.
Welcome to our online Keene Gift Basket Shop and Florist. Our designers can make custom Keene gift baskets and flower arrangements for any occasion. Let us create the perfect basket to suit your needs and budget plus we can hand deliver it the same day. Keene gift baskets can include chocolate, fruit, coffee, wine and all kinds of gourmet goodies and indulgences to make your recipient smile.
Welcome a new baby, or send a corporate or birthday gift to a business associate. Our gifts and flowers are perfect for anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, sympathy, get well, housewarmings, thank you or any other type of event or occasion.
We deliver daily to all Keene hospitals, cemeteries, nursing homes, schools, mortuaries, and funeral homes for funerals, memorial services and celebration of life ceremonies. We also deliver to all local businesses, hotels and convention centers in and surrounding Keene including:
Swanzey, NH Brattleboro, VT Jaffrey, NH Peterborough, NH Rindge, NH Rockingham, VT Winchendon, MA Charlestown, NH Hillsborough, NH Athol, MA.
Our Keene Gift Basket Company and flower shop local florist offers the world’s largest selection of handcrafted gift baskets and flower for same day delivery in Keene or shipping nationwide.
We deliver flowers and balloons daily to:
Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock, 580-590 Court St, Keene, NH 03431 (603) 354-5400
Foley Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 49 Court St, Keene, NH 03431 (603) 352-0341
Fletcher Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 33 Marlboro St, Keene, NH 03431 (603) 352-4541
Langdon Place of Keene Assisted Living, 136 Arch St, Keene, NH 03431 (603) 357-3902
Bentley Commons at Keene Retirement Home, 197 Water St, Keene, NH 03431 (603) 242-1488
Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03431 (603) 352-1909