FORESTVILLE — When days grow short and nights get cold, it brings the night of Hallows Eve to Forestville. The once-a-year celebration was certainly the largest in recent memory with hundreds of ghostly shadows stalking through the streets of the ‘Ville’ carrying their haul of sweets and goodies.

The annual celebration started Tuesday with a Parade of Floats and kids marching from downtown to the fire hall, where they were judged for their originality, cuteness, funniest, scariest and best homemade costumes. Families enjoyed cider and cookies provided by the Forestville Fall Festival committee, which coordinated the event along with the Forestville Fire Department. The fire hall was filled to overflowing with a crowd of children estimated to be arou

“We couldn’t be happier with how it went,” Fall Festival Committee Co-Chair Carol McEntarfer said. “The fire hall was packed wall to wall with families. We even ran out of cider! And everyone dressed up. We had a lot of family costumes, from s’mores to the Incredibles and a milkman, milk bottle and baker. They didn’t make the judging easy this year.”

There were numerous floats that participated in the parade of which “Barnum & Baileys Circus of Death” was awarded the first prize money donated by Riles & Wooley Funeral Home. Along the parade route Bob Bradigan and John Krantz set up their tent full of goodies, handing out candy to all that passed.

“The event was super this year. Forestville no longer has a recreation department and it didn’t look like the event would happen this year. So the Fall Festival Committee stepped in and we are so glad we didn’t let this tradition go by the wayside. We couldn’t have done it without the help of the fire department,” McEntarfer added.