As the wind rustles the fallen leaves and blows misty clouds across the moon, the veil between the worlds grows thin. Take advantage of this haunted time of year with a trip to one of the area’s frightful Halloween attractions.   • DESTINATION HAUNT — Evil lurks in the woods of Lebanon. Along the Twilight […]

Halloween doesn’t always come naturally. Some Halloween celebrants are born with the ability to stretch web-like cotton over front-yard shrubbery or see the bloody potential in a bottle of ketchup. But others struggle to scare. The unspooky individual is limited — genetically and through no fault of his own — to holding out a bowl […]

I grew up in a haunted house. Not the pay-to-get-scared type, full of college kids in makeup and strobe lights. I’m talking about a real house inhabited by spirits. At least one spirit, anyway. We called him Sam. (There may have been a reason for that, but I’ve long since forgotten it if there was.) […]

TODAY Maine Restaurant Week, statewide, cost varies. mainerestaurantweek.com. Through Sunday. Dinefest, activities happening at various restaurants, York. Various times today.   FRIDAY Hops and Harvest Beer Dinner, Regatta Banquet and Conference Center, Eliot. $35. 351-4623. 6:30 p.m. “Politics Can Be Murder,” mystery dinner theater, Events on Broadway, South Portland. $30. 699-5855. 7 p.m.   SATURDAY […]