Tag: Halloween
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Bordentown teen showcases artistic aspirations through Halloween display
BORDENTOWN – Gage Curran, a seventh grader at Bordentown Regional Middle School, has always had a thrill to entertain people through his creative visions and artistic prowess. As a big fan of Halloween, Gage went all-in to entertain and even jolt a little scare into his fellow Bordentown residents and people from the surrounding areas…
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Bordentown theater students ‘trick-or-treat’ collects food donations for those in need
All dressed up on Halloween, the theater students of Bordentown Regional High School went door to door – not asking for candy – but for food donations for those in need. This year, the Bordentown Regional High School (BRHS) International Thespian Society Troupe 6803 collected 1,678 pounds of canned and dry goods for St. Mary’s…
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‘The Haunting on Abilene Lane’ will offer Halloween scare Oct. 29-30
MANALAPAN — Area residents who are looking for a scare on Halloween weekend are invited to visit the driveway at 14 Abilene Lane, Manalapan, where they can also support a local charity effort. For the past three years, Logan Clark and his dad have worked to bring the scares to their neighborhood by creating “The…
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Edison’s annual Harvest Fun Fest offers fun for the whole family
EDISON – The township’s annual Harvest Fun Fest offered fun for the whole family. The festivities were presented by Mayor Sam Joshi and the Edison Recreation Department on Oct. 15. Many were in their festive Halloween costumes as they roamed around the grounds of the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park on Christie Street. As…
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Pennington Council reverses road closures for Halloween trick-or-treating
Burd Street will no longer be closed to traffic when trick-or-treaters dressed in elaborate costumes come to the Pennington neighborhood for Halloween. In 2021, the Pennington Council had closed the street along with surrounding streets to improve safety for those participating in Halloween festivities. “If Council remembers, the reason we did shut down Burd Street…
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As Halloween nears, Cranbury family’s scarecrow TikTok video garners almost 136K views
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRmLto9E/ As the weekend came to a close last week, 8-year-old Jake Taylor just thought he was walking out of his family home to see “a scarecrow prop talk” that was put together in the family yard in preparation for Halloween. To the youngster’s surprise the scarecrow did more than speak. As the scarecrow said,…
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Trunk-or-Treat at Lake Papaianni Park held in honor of National First Responders Day
EDISON – It was costumes and candy galore during a trunk-or-treat at Lake Papaianni Park on Oct. 30. The Clara Barton Neighborhood organization in partnership with the Edison Police Community Oriented Policing Unit held the trunk-or-treat in honor of National First Responders Day. Members of the Edison Police Department, Edison Fire Department, emergency medical services…
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Only Treats This Halloween
By Paul Hall Halloween has long been fertile ground for scary movies. Freddy and Jason, mysterious creatures and unexplained phenomena have all scared us in movies that not only inhabit October, but also definitely thrive during the spookiest month of the year. But one name stands alone for horror fans when you mention Halloween —…
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Halloween brought treats, not tricks, during D&R Greenway’s first-ever drive-through Masquerade Parade
A sunny autumn day at peak foliage provided the perfect setting as 170 cars traversed preserved land to enjoy D&R Greenway’s Masquerade Parade on Halloween. Eager parade-goers were welcomed with a new painting by nationally renowned cartoonist Patrick McDonnell, creator of the “Mutts” comic strip, while characters Earl and Mooch greeted lucky parade-goers, according to…