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Dollie Griswold bobs for apples on Halloween in a photo that ran in the Press Herald on Nov. 1, 1946. Apple bobbing has lost its popularity over the years, but there are plenty of other Halloween traditions still happening, including haunted houses, corn mazes and cemetery tours. Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

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Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town...

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