halloween
Pumpkin Run is last for founder at Auburn Middle School
AUBURN — Seventh-graders on Team Tumbledown at Auburn Middle School took part in the 20th annual Pumpkin Run on Thursday. It was both a milestone and a special day, teachers said, because it was the last Pumpkin Run for teacher Steve Robertson. Robertson, who came to Auburn in 1983, founded the Pumpkin Run 20 years […]
This is how you celebrate Halloween
AUBURN — Residents are ready with candy. The staff is ready with a haunted house, complete with a monster under the bed and a graveyard scene. From 5 to 6:30 p.m., trick-or-treaters ages 4 to 10 are invited to show off their costumes, score some candy and get scared at Clover Health Care’s haunted house […]
Reports of noises, movements give haunting feel to Gingerbread House
NORWAY — Halloween is the perfect time for a scary story. And the 1851 Gingerbread House has its share of footsteps, moved objects and unexplained anomalies. While renovations continue on what many consider to be an iconic building on Main Street, there have been multiple reports by contractors and volunteers of strange events inside and […]
Oakland, Benton plan alternative trick-or-treat events
OAKLAND — Citing safety concerns, at least two central Maine towns are considering alternatives to traditional trick-or-treating on Halloween. In Benton, children and their parents can attend a “Trick or Trunk” event on Thursday evening in the parking lot of the town’s elementary school. Instead of going door to door, kids can go car to […]
UMF student arrested during Halloween Dance
FARMINGTON — A local man was arrested Friday night during a Halloween dance at the University at Maine at Farmington, UMF interim police Chief Brock Caton said Monday. Jordan Graffam, 22, a student at UMF, was arrested on charges of assault, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, he said. Graffam was released on $250 cash bail […]
Recreation Board aims for scares at Haunted Halloween Walk
MEXICO — The River Valley Recreation Center is hosting its second annual Haunted Halloween Walk from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and 26. The walk, which will be held at the River Valley Recreation Center, was a huge hit last year, according to Amanda Hamner, a member of the River Valley […]
Norway preps for Halloween festival
NORWAY — Storefronts on Main Street are decorated in preparation of the annual Halloween festival from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday. The event draws hundreds of children and families for trick-or-treating, stories and dancing to monster music. At the Norway Memorial Library, children get maps of the participating businesses giving candy and other information on […]