The big weekend is here! Halloween is on Monday, but on Saturday and Sunday, there is plenty to do to get yourself scaried… And if you missed last week’s issue, with the Halloween Trail, you can still get it online at www.NeighbNews.com
So…have fun…be scared!
Town Hall Haunted Halloween Party
Fairhaven TV’s 5th Annual Haunted Halloween Party at Fairhaven Town Hall, 40 Center St., Fairhaven, Thurs., 10/27, from 5–8 p.m.
A FREE, all ages Halloween event!
Attractions: Award-Winning Magician & Master of Ceremonies Todd Migliacci, Spooky TV Studio, Big Screen Movies, All Ages Costume Contest, Trick-or-Treat Tables, Freaky Photo Booth, Activities, Games, and More!
See ad on page 6. Visit www. fairhaventv.com/hauntedhalloween party for more information.
Trunk or Treat
Presented by the Fairhaven Fire Department & S.A.F.E. Program, Sat., 10/29, 6:30–8 p.m., Hastings Middle School, 30 School St., Fairhaven.
Please consider participating in our first trunk or treat! An ambulance will be decorated and providing candy for the community. Prizes for best costume and best decorated vehicle! We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, call 508-994-1428.
Haunted Animal Shelter
You are invited to Fairhaven’s Haunted Animal Shelter, Sat. 10/29, 6–9 p.m., 200 Bridge St., Fairhaven. Candy, donuts, coffee and hot chocolate. Costumes welcome, ghouls tolerated. Come walk through the chilling kennels of Fairhaven Animal Shelter for one night only. Wheelchair accessible. Donation accepted and appreciated. Park across the street at Walmart.
NFIA Halloween Horribles Parade
MUSIC by Fairhaven Frets to warm you up before you parade down Main Street, 4–5 p.m. Step off is at 5, on Sun., 10/30. Starts at Benoit Square, 267 Adams St., Fairhaven. Halloween costume parade marches from Benoit Square to St. Mary’s Church, where costume judging takes place. Free treats.
Acushnet Halloween Parade
Join us on Monday, October 31st beginning at 6pm for the annual Halloween Parade. Please meet in front of the fire station on Russell Street in Acushnet at Parting Ways.
The Fire Department will be distributing candy bags and apples outside the fire station.
Halloween Party for Seniors
Join the Acushnet Council on Aging for our Halloween Party on Mon., 10/31, starting with lunch at 12:15 (D&D catering, please call for finalized menu). Musical entertainment at 1 p.m. featuring Dan McGowan. Costumes encouraged!
Doors open at noon.Reservations required, $6 per person due at time of reservation. No refunds. At the Acushnet COA/Senior Center, 59 1/2 S. Main St.. Call 508-998-0280 to reserve.
Halloween at the Z
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase St., New Bedford, presents “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” on Sun., 10/30 at 1:30 p.m. Silent movie with live soundtrack on the Z’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. $10 general admission. And “The Rocky Horror Picture Show, on Sun., 10/30, at 7 p.m., $17i general admission.
Visit https://www.zeiterion.org for more information and tickets. Box office: boxofficeinfo@zeiterion.org, 508-994-2900
Halloween Parade
The volunteer witches of the Marion Art Center have been brewing up plans for resuming our annual Halloween Parade around the town on Monday, October 31. Costumed characters of all ages are invited to join in for this fun family event! Participants should meet in front of the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front St. (we’ll line up on Cottage Street) at 4:00pm. Under the direction of Hannah Moore, the Sippican Elementary School drummers will lead the parade of witches and princesses, goblins and ghouls, wild animals, and spooky spirits. The parade route will head south on Front Street, up Main Street, north onto Spring Street and back down Cottage to the Music Hall. Once back at the Music Hall, the good witches of the MMAC will hand out surprise goody bags. Come one, come all!
Halloween at the Handy House is Back!
Dr. Handy and the Light in the Forest. Young visitors will enjoy the Halloween-themed quest, locating a ghostly lady and her children in the forest. Read the story, walk the trail and solve the mystery! Friendly ghosts will keep an eye on all visitors. The trail offers children and their families a chance to enjoy the season with a little spookiness and a lot of fun.
The Halloween trail is open dawn to dusk, seven days a week for the month of October. The trail is 0.7 miles, entrance is off the Handy House visitor parking lot at 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport. FREE!
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