Despite residents’ plea to close the street this year, the town stands firm on their decision.
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Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture
Halloween superfans see the culture catching up to them
Five years ago this Halloween, Home Depot introduced the 12-foot-tall skeleton.
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Posted inKennebunk Post
Kennebunk’s Summer Street will not close to traffic for Halloween
Residents say they want unrestricted access to their homes, and town officials say the large trick-or-treat gathering has raised safety concerns.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘My Brother’s Thirteenth Halloween,’ by Ken Craft
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
There’s nothing spooky about vegan chocolate
Maine’s best chocolatiers offer plenty of choices for vegan trick-or-treaters – and their parents.
Posted inFood
Maine’s ‘haunted’ hospitality venues serve up plenty of spooky stories
Ghost lore abounds at some of the state’s older restaurants and bars.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland resident’s Halloween haunted walk makes spooky return
Nolan Moon will host his second annual ‘haunted walk’ Oct. 27, 28 and 31 at his home on Dawson Street.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Trunk-or-treats in Yarmouth, North Yarmouth
Yarmouth and North Yarmouth have scheduled Halloween trunk-or-treat events for next week. Yarmouth Community Services will hold its Trunk-or-Treat Spook-tacular on Friday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Town Hall. The event, which also will include food and games, is free but limited to 250 children. To register or to host a trunk, […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Tales from the dead will come alive at Stroll Haunted Yarmouth
The popular immersive theater event will be held at the Old Baptist Hillside Cemetery Oct. 20-29.
Posted inLocal & State
In photos: Lovable characters prowl South Portland neighborhood on Halloween
For the third year, pirates and princesses, dinosaurs and unicorns, witches and werewolves paraded through a few South Portland streets between Broadway and Highland, across from Mill Village. In 2020, the first year of the pandemic, Megan Honeycomb-McDonald and Elliott Pitts wanted kids in their neighborhood to have a Halloween. They chose an outdoor Halloween parade that would give everyone a chance to see each other, while keeping a safe distance. It was informal, and fun and continues in a world that has since opened up. Meet a few of the kids, big and small, from the neighborhood. They stopped by for a photo, in a pop-up studio in my driveway. Photos by Press Herald Photo Editor Michele McDonald