Killjoys …

… Gnome Homes Enchant a Pennsylvania Park, Until They’re Evicted - The New York Times. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

… the fun was to be short lived. The smurf-like village was dismantled this week after state officials, citing the surge of visitors, declared it unwelcome, in a move that has generated outrage well beyond the park’s small-town setting by the Juniata River.