KEENE — It’s hard to miss one of the 19 Halloween blow-up decorations on the front lawn of 180 South Lincoln St.

A menacing black cat looks ready to pounce at passersby, a tall ghoul hides under a cloak pointed out at the sidewalk, and smack dab in the center, a stoic-looking dragon commands the crew.

Morgan Allard-Croke’s favorite decoration is more subtle than these eye-catching creatures. On the right of the yard rests a 13-foot slithering snake that her 3-year-old daughter Amorielle can run under.

Allard-Croke and her husband, Jacob Croke, have put the display up in the front yard of their apartment building since 2020.

“Luckily, our landlord has been so amazing in letting us put that display out front, and all of our neighbors in the rest of the building have been like, ‘Oh my god

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