Fall events for 2018
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Fall events
• Jim Thorpe: Fall Foliage Festival, Oct. 20-21, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
• Jim Thorpe Rotary GhostWalks in Old Mauch Chunk. Meet a costumed GhostGuide at the Inn at Jim Thorpe, 24 Broadway at 7 and 8:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. on Sundays during October for a one-hour, 1-mile walk on Broadway. Find times, costs and make reservations at www.jimthorperotary.org/ghostwalks.cfm or call 484-629-3698.
• Walnutport Canal Festival will be held Oct. 20-21.
• Stroud Region Open Space & Recreation Commission is hosting a haunted trail event on Oct. 20. The Friendly Trail is 5-6:30 p.m. and the Haunted Trail is 7:30-9 p.m. at Zacharias Pond Park. Rain date is Oct. 21, same times.
• Rush Township Police Department’s inaugural 5K Run/Walk, will be held in conjunction with a trunk or treat event from 1-4 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Hometown Farmers Market parking lot. Participants can register for the 5K at www.rushtownship.org and anyone interested in participating in the “Trunk or Treat” can call the township office directly at 570-668-2938. The event will include a costume contest, a trunk decoration contest, food, games and “lots” of candy.
• Scarecrow Build & Pet Parade on Oct. 27 at the Ross Township Park in Saylorsburg. Build your scarecrow from 10 a.m. to noon. Frame and straw supplied, you bring clothes, accessories and imagination. Join the Pet Parade at noon. Prizes for scariest, cutest, most original. All pets are welcome.
• The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 927 is hosting a free Halloween party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 27. Costumes encouraged. The party is open to the community for children up to age 12. There will be games, contests and prizes. A light lunch will be served to the children only, with complimentary coffee for the adults. Children must be registered by Oct. 20 at the American Legion Post 927 off Route 209 at 646 Fairground Road in Gilbert (with Army Tank). No phone reservations taken. Space is limited to 75 children. Sign up table is in the lobby.
Parades
• Andreas Halloween Parade, 7 p.m. Oct. 17.
• Lehighton Halloween Parade, 4 p.m. Oct. 20. Rain date, 2 p.m. Oct. 21.
• Palmerton Halloween Parade, 4 p.m. Oct. 21.
• Tamaqua Halloween Parade, 7 p.m. Oct. 23.
• Jim Thorpe Halloween Parade, 1 p.m. Oct. 27. Line up at noon. Rain date Oct. 28, same times.
• 111th annual Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade: 6 p.m. Oct. 27. The rain date is 6 p.m. Oct. 28.
Trick or treat
• Chestnuthill Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• East Penn Township: 6-9 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Eldred Township: 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 27, trunk or treat at the Eldred Township Community Center. Trick or treat: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Franklin Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31
• Jim Thorpe: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31
• Lansford: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31
• Lehighton: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31
• Lower Towamensing: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27.
• Nesquehoning: Trick or treat: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Trunk or treat, 5-8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Nesquehoning Hose Company, rain or shine. To register a vehicle to distribute treats, call the borough office at 570-669-9588 or 570-669-6124. Participants who register a vehicle can set up at 5 p.m. and candy distribution begins at 6.
• Palmerton: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27.
• Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company trunk or treat, 2-6 p.m. Oct. 28.
• Polk Township: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Ross Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Rush Township: Trunk or treat, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 27, Hometown Farmers Market parking lot.
• Schuylkill Township: 6-9 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Slatington: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Summit Hill: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Rain date, 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1.
• Tamaqua: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 27. Anyone wishing to have the ghouls and goblins entertain them should make sure their porch light is turned on.
• Towamensing Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27.
• Walnutport: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Washington Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Weatherly: Oct. 31
• Weissport: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31
• West End Volunteer Fire Company, trunk or treat, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.
• West Penn: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 27.
