UPDATE: The parade has been canceled; however, the Monster Mash is on for 6 p.m.
Original Story: Mattituck Lions Club plans to keep a spooky tradition going: the group will host its annual Halloween party and parade Thursday night. READ
Tag: Halloween
More than 100 children and kids at heart gathered in Mitchell Park Saturday morning for a Halloween parade up First Street. READ
The Southold Historical Society displayed its first ever pumpkin patch on society grounds Halloween night. (more…)
Elle O’Neill, 7, of Peconic won first place in a Halloween costume contest at Hedgewood Farms in Laurel for her Cinderella-themed costumes.
Superman, Cinderella’s carriage, a pirate ship and more all made appearances at Hedgewood Farm in Laurel on Saturday — but not all the costume-wearers were human. READ
All the little locals now have what seems like an unlimited supply of Halloween candy, whether they worked hard for it or their families simply “bought too much.”
It’s a holiday of indulgence — and certainly a dentist’s worst nightmare.
Trick of the light, on an October night. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy)
It looked like an upmarket retirement home.
But then I noticed a poor man arguing with himself on the wide veranda of the mansion, and others sleepwalking on the lush meadow beyond the avenue of trees leading to the entrance. (more…)
A family pumpkin carving workshop at East End Arts in Riverhead is scheduled for Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Pumpkins, carving tools, stencils and templates will be provided. Children must be accompanied by adult. Pre-registration required. The cost is $5 per family.
Pumpkins may be entered in the Carved Pumpkin contest immediately following the workshop. Entries must be submitted between 1 and 3:30 p.m. for public voting scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. One entry per family.
All pumpkins must be picked up between 5 and 5:45 p.m.
To register and for more information, call 631-369-2171.
A scene from Bryan Petty’s Cutchogue home. (Credit: Vera Chinese photos)
Bryan Petty doesn’t create the spooky Halloween scene outside his Cutchogue home, which this year features vampires, mad scientists and dummy versions of horror flick villains, for money. Instead he takes his payment in screams.
One year, he recalled, on Halloween night a group a teenagers came down after dark to check out his display. (more…)
Dozens of kids in costume celebrated Halloween last year at the Mattituck Lions Club. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file)
Attention all goblins, princesses, ghosts and creepy creatures: Come to the annual Halloween parade, Friday, Oct. 31, sponsored by the Mattituck Lions Club and Mattituck Fire Department. The parade begins at the firehouse at 6 p.m. and proceeds to the high school. Come see some of our youngest trick-or-treaters celebrate the season. (more…)