What the Heck IS this place

Hint 1 of 11:

Welcome to pun central.

Hint 2 of 11:

The entire population, 80 people, have been changed.

Hint 3 of 11:

They're all various objects, related to each person's name.

Hint 4 of 11:

i.e. the person is being pun-ished.

Hint 5 of 11:

Your job is to remove the spell from each individual person.

Hint 6 of 11:

You *do* have such a spell, don't you ? ( You get it at S.U.)

Hint 7 of 11:

You need the KABBUL spell. It requires you to know the person's name.

Hint 8 of 11:

Here's a freebie: There's a fire in the meadow, right ? Well.....

Hint 9 of 11:

After reading the sign, you know the Mayor's name, right?