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Marblehead’s Halloween stretches across three days, from a costume parade on the Village School track Thursday morning to the 8 p.m. end of the trick-or-treating window police recommend for Saturday.
Thursday: Downtown closes to cars
Village School 6th graders were scheduled to parade around the school track at 93 Village St. from 8:15 to 8:40 a.m. in costumes illustrating vocabulary words, with 5th and 4th graders taking turns watching until 9:50 a.m., according to The Marblehead Independent’s Oct. 23 newsletter.
From 4 to 5:30 p.m., Washington Street closes from the bottom of Pleasant Street to Rockaway Street, and Summer Street closes too, for the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce’s Trick-or-Treating in the Business Districts, according to the Marblehead Police Department’s Oct. 26 release and The Marblehead Independent. The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. with police assisting.
Drivers at the end of Pleasant Street will be sent left onto Washington Street, and traffic on Washington Street will be directed left onto Rockaway Street. Police ask drivers to use alternate routes.
From 4 to 6:30 p.m., the Marblehead Family Fund and Marblehead Museum hold their 18th annual Pumpkin Illumination in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion garden at 161 Washington St., with carved and painted pumpkins registered online, the newsletter reported.
St. Michael’s Church holds its Halloween Spooktacular from 4 to 7 p.m., with crafts, games, food and a rest area for adults, according to the church’s flyer. Entrances are at 26 Pleasant St. and 9 Summer St.; Summer Street is closed to cars until 5:30 p.m.
Friday: Party at the library
Abbot Public Library’s free Children’s Halloween Party runs from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Registration is required; 27 of 45 spots were open as of Oct. 23, the newsletter reported.
Saturday: Halloween night
Young trick-or-treaters should go with an adult, and older children should use the buddy system so no one walks alone, police said. Children should dress for the weather and wear reflective clothing or carry flashlights so drivers can see them after dark.
Drivers should slow down and watch for children who may not be paying attention to traffic.
Police strongly recommend trick-or-treating between 5 and 8 p.m.
