On Halloween night, there are so many trick-or-treaters in Mark McDonough’s Saco neighborhood that it can take an hour to drive the last mile to his house. McDonough estimates that as many as 400 little ghosts and goblins visit the Hillview neighborhood every Oct. 31, coming from as far away as Hollis, Dayton and Limington. […]
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Oasis of Music features North Indian classical sounds
The sympathetic strings of the Indian sitar will ring at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. David Pontbriand, a musician and artist from Portland, has developed an intuitive and emotive approach that is deeply personal, while classical in style. His original and spontaneous compositions for sitar are freely interpretive and […]
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Lewiston's 'master of Halloween' is at it again
LEWISTON — Parents who exact a tax on their children’s Halloween candy score, get ready: Peter Geiger has 6,300 giant candy bars stashed away in preparation for Halloween on Wednesday. Lewiston’s “master of Halloween,” is at it again, continuing his popular tradition of handing out full-size candy bars to thousands of lucky trick-or-treaters at his […]
Posted inNation / World
Before you try the candy corn, read this sweet guide
The thing that is hard to grasp about candy corn-flavored candy — not candy corn, but other candy that tastes like it — is that it’s a candy defined more by its texture than its flavor. What is “candy corn flavor,” other than slightly caramelized sugar? Isn’t candy corn-flavored candy just . . . sugar-flavored […]
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Why Halloween pop-ups suddenly possess so many dead retail spaces
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The cavernous remains of this H.H. Gregg are, in festive fashion, loosely disguised as a Spirit Halloween store. Its insides are lined with haunted houses and rusty water towers (both made of flimsy cardboard) and robots with leering pumpkin heads. The walls of costumes almost distract from signage of the store’s […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston-Auburn downtown trick-or-treat Halloween celebration planned for Friday
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metro Chamber will be hosting a “Downtown Trick-or-Treat Halloween Celebration on Friday, October 26 from 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. The event takes place at both Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street, Lewiston and Festival Plaza, 112 Main Street, Auburn where the chamber will hand out trick-or-treat bags and maps indicating participating businesses. There will […]
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Georgia mayor plans to round up sex offenders on Halloween and house them at city hall
Contrary to the widespread urban myth, there’s no evidence that children are more likely to be targeted by sexual predators on Halloween than on any other night of the year. But that hasn’t stopped one Georgia mayor from announcing plans to round up all paroled sex offenders in town and hold them at city hall […]
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Why health-conscious parents shouldn't worry about Halloween candy
I absolutely loved Halloween when I was a kid. I grew up in a community where every house had a pumpkin glowing in the window, and kids from tot to teenager donned ghost and witch costumes to collect chocolate bars, chips and candy. It was a night filled with pure joy. So I’m saddened every […]
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Montello Manor welcomes trick-or-treaters Halloween night
Calling all ghosts, ghouls and princesses of all ages. The public is invited for trick-or-treat from 6 to 7 pm. on Halloween, Oct. 31, at Montello Manor, 540 College St. From left are Geana Smith, Rena Mynahan and Terry Michaud.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, The Bethel Citizen
Trunk or Treat and spooky haunted barn coming to Norway
NORWAY — Members and friends of the Second Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 205 Main St. will open the trunks of their cars for a community Trunk or Treat from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. All are welcome. Afterward, children and youth are invited to tour the spooky Halloween Barn adjacent to […]