Get ready to trick-or-treat
By APRIL DIODATO, OBSERVER Staff WriterArticle Photos
Ghouls and goblins will overtake the streets on Saturday afternoon and evening, as trick or treating and Halloween festivities will be held throughout the region.
Area law enforcement officials advise parents and children to be mindful of the designated trick or treat hours and to be careful while seeking treats door-to-door.
"We would ask motorists to use caution - children get very excited about it and they will be darting in and across the roads," Fredonia Police Chief Brad Meyers said. "We ask parents to be aware of what their children are wearing. Keep it to a type of mask that they can see clearly out of."
Meyers recommends that parents always accompany their children while trick or treating.
"Certainly, as always, to check over the candy when it comes home prior to eating any of it," Meyers said.
Trick or treat hours (all set for Saturday, Oct. 31) and Halloween events (all held Oct. 31, unless otherwise noted) are as follows:
BROCTON
Trick or treat: 6-8 p.m.
Parade, 5:30 p.m., beginning at fire hall.
CASSADAGA
Trick or treat: 5-7 p.m.
Costume parade at school, 7 p.m.
Haunted House, Lily Dale Cafeteria, Oct. 29, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Oct. 30, 7 to 10 p.m.; Oct. 31, 7 to 10 p.m. Admission: $2 for all ages. Sponsored by the Lily Dale Volunteer Fire Co.
CHERRY CREEK
Trick or treat: 5-8 p.m.
COLLINS
Trick or treat: No set hours
DAYTON
Trick or treat: No set hours
Dayton Fire Department is having a Halloween Party beginning at 7 p.m.
DUNKIRK
Trick or treat: 2-6 p.m.
Hallow Fest '09 - The costume parade will begin at 11 a.m. in the lot next to Tim Hortons and end at the Boardwalk marketplace, where prizes will be awarded, Children can trick or treat the Boardwalk, play games and participate in a pumpkin carving contest. Live music provided by Tara Graves will be from noon to 2 p.m. and the Matteson Kempo Karate demonstration is 12:30 p.m.
Halls of Hysteria, Oct. 30 and 31, 7:30 to 10 p.m., held at the former School 6, with three floors of fright, live actors and a giant maze. Admission is $5 per person. Not recommended for young children.
FORESTVILLE
Trick or treat: 4-8 p.m.
- Parade beginning at 6 p.m. on Park Street and ending at the fire hall, where Halloween festivities will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Prizes awarded for best float and best costume.
FREDONIA-POMFRET
Trick or treat: 3-7 p.m.
Halloween Costume Parade, 1 p.m., with line up at 12:30 p.m. at the end of Risley Street, marching south on Temple to Church Street. Afterward, cider and donuts will be served in the Barker Common Gazebo.
SUNY Fredonia Halloween Bash, 1-5 p.m., Williams Center's Multi Purpose Room, hosted by Alpha Phi Omega and the Residents Hall Association. Admission: $7 pre-sale and $8 at the door (can be purchased at the Williams Center ticket office, call 673-3501 or visit www.fredonia.edu/tickets ). Games, prizes, raffle, have tarot cards read, make candy apples, dye your own T-shirt. Open to SUNY Fredonia students and area high school students 15 and up.
Terror in the Trees, 8-11 p.m., Oct. 29, 30 and 31, held in the campus woodlands off Ring Road near the Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower. A walk-through attraction hosted by SUNY Fredonia's Interactive Theatre Society, with a cast of more than 50 and a dozen "haunts" (scary scenes) and live music by Premium Blend and The Guerrillas. Not designed for young children.
The 25th annual Laona Halloween Parade and party, 4:30 p.m. beginning at the Laona Cemetery on Webster and finishing at the Laona Playground on Porter Street. Afterward, at the playground, there will be prizes, 50/50 raffle, donuts, cider and a haunted house.
GOWANDA
Trick or treat: 6-8 p.m.
Families are encouraged to attend a Halloween gathering at 5 p.m. inside the fire hall on Aldrich Street. No parade will be held this year. The Gowanda Police Department reminds all trick-or-treaters to bring flashlights with them on their routes.
MAYVILLE
Trick or treat: 5-7 p.m.
PERRYSBURG
Trick or treat: 5-8 p.m.
- The Halloween Parade sponsored by the Perrysburg Fire Department will begin at 4 p.m. with cider, donuts and prizes to be given out.
RIPLEY
Trick or treat: 6-8 p.m.
Pre-trick or treat party/get-together at Meeder's Restaurant, 4 to 6 p.m.
SHERIDAN
Trick or treat: No set hours
- Halloween party to be held 4 p.m. at Sheridan Fire Hall.
SINCLAIRVILLE
Trick or treat: 5-7 p.m.
SILVER CREEK/HANOVER
Trick or treat: 5-8 p.m.
- Parade, 5:30 p.m., begins at Silver Creek Fire Hall and ends at The Backline. Afterward, a costume contest and refreshments will be held inside The Backline; sponsored by the Silver Creek Kiwanis Club and The Backline.
SOUTH DAYTON
Trick or treat: 5-8 p.m.
STOCKTON
Trick or treat: 5-7 p.m.
WESTFIELD
Trick or treat: 6-8 p.m.
Halloween costume parade for children at 6 p.m.
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