New England Halloween

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Halloween Happenings in New England for 2009

In New England, the Halloween season marks the transition from playful summer to bleak winter, and because we know what is coming (cold and shoveling) we turn it into a playful festival – even if it is one for… the dead and the haunted.
Whatever our celebrations be it a fright fest or pumpkin carving we [...]

16Oct2009 | jdaniels | 0 comments | Continued
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Jack-O’Lantern Spectacular moves to Norwalk, Connecticut for 2008

After a successful run of 6 seasons at Rhode Island’s Roger Williams Zoo and McCoy Stadium, New England’s biggest Jack-O’Lantern lighted display will be hosted at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut during October 2008.
If you’ve never been to one of these before then you’re in for a treat. You’ll find thousands of [...]

6Oct2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 17 comments | Continued
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Vermont Foliage Harvest Events

The New England state of Vermont is famous for skiing in winter, maple sugaring in spring, and summer vacations of hiking, swimming holes and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
But the most special time remains its spectacular fall foliage season where thousands of leaf peppers converge on mountain slopes, forests and rural roads, to marvel at [...]

7Sep2008 | yankeetraveler | 4 comments | Continued
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Haunted Headquarters for Halloween Adventures

If Massachusetts has Salem for its Halloween headquarters then surely Connecticut can point to Litchfield Hills as its main contender for the title.
For the next month the region hosts returning Halloween favorites and a cauldron of new suprises. Dracula, Frankenstein and other heroes of the horrors will be on hand and ghouls and goblins [...]

9Oct2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Returns to McCoy Stadium

The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is poised to hit another home run for its second straight season at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island October 5th – October 30th, 2007.
An energetic team of 30 professional pumpkin carvers have been buring the midnight pumpkin candles for the last six weeks creating the pumpkin trail. The final display [...]

5Oct2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 12 comments | Continued
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Grab Your Salem “Haunted Passport” Today and Get Ready to Save Cash…

If New England has a Halloween capital surely Salem, Massachusetts would be the prime contender for the title. The town’s association with the famous witch trials of the 1690s has lured and fascinated visitors to this historical seaport town for generations – especially during the prime Halloween month of October.
But while Salem dresses up [...]

15Sep2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Stephen King and the “Tommyknockers Maine Bus Tour” in Leaf Peeping Season

For all those Stephen King fans out there you already know that just about all his books and stories are set in Maine – many in the fictitious town of Derry – and he’s an ardent Red Sox support! The baseball fact is not the focus of today’s post though but his story settings are, [...]

29Aug2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued