Annabelle Interrante enjoyed last year’s haunted scavenger hunt on the grounds of Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz.
The New Paltz Youth Program (NPYP) will hold its 20th annual Haunted House for one day only — on Halloween, Oct. 31 from 5 to 10 p.m. at the youth center on Main Street. This year’s theme is “Town of Terror.” The cost is $5. For more information, call 255-5140.
Highland
The Town of Lloyd will celebrate its Halloween in the Hamlet event on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event will feature music; food; a lil’ goblins costume parade (starts at the Methodist Church at 5:30 p.m. — prizes will be awarded for scariest, prettiest, ugliest, cutest tot, best group, most original); trick or treating through the town; a pumpkin-carving contest (drop them off by 4 p.m. on Oct. 26 to Hello Dolly Real Estate on Main Street in Highland); Dr. Frankenstein’s interactive lab; a scary scavenger hunt; fire pits with monster marshmallows; and cider and donuts. For additional information, call 691-2144.
Rosendale
Run for your lives and be spirited away on a 5K run/walk on the newly opened Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and through the spooky woods, tunnels and caves of Williams Lake at the fourth annual UlsterCorps Service Sprint and Zombie Escape on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10:45 a.m. Top finishers will receive certificates in gender and age group categories. The event is open to all levels of competitors and features a Monster Mash warm-up led by Cyndy Borzumato-Cobb, a 1K Fun Run for children, a 5K Zombie Escape Run and a 1K Fitness Walk/Hike. The event will also feature a DJ spinning spooky hits, refreshments, goodie bags for the first 200 runners and a raffle with prizes donated by generous local businesses. Awards will be presented at. Pre-event registration is available at www.UlsterCorps.org. Day-of-event registration will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost is $15 for pre-registration and $20 the day of the race; the 1K Fun Run for children is free. All funds raised from registration fees will benefit UlsterCorps.
A free family Halloween party will take place at Williams Lake in Rosendale on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will feature pumpkin painting, a bonfire, sack race, costume parade, goody bags, cider and donuts, hot dogs and more. To RSVP, e-mail [email protected].
Gardiner
Gardiner will hold its first-ever Halloween Parade on 6p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29 — with a rain date of Oct. 30. Children should bring pumpkins they carved at home — along with a battery-powered light. Participants should gather at the municipal lot on Farmer’s Turnpike, near the newly paved section of the rail trail. Festivities will start from there. Costumed guides will meet walkers on the trail to pass out candy, treats and toys. Cookies and beverages will be provided for those who turn out.
Gardiner Fire Department will have one of their trucks out to make sure kids and grown-ups can cross Route 44/55 safely.
Halloween curfews
In response to residents’ complaints about groups of rural trick-or-treaters being dropped off at Rosendale housing complexes, wiping out their candy supplies and then engaging in vandalism at late hours, the Town of Rosendale will impose a curfew this Halloween. Youngsters under the age of 18 will not be allowed on the streets unaccompanied by a parent or adult guardian after 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 31.
The Village of New Paltz has also enacted a curfew on Halloween. Children under the age of 17 will not be allowed on the streets without a parent or adult guardian after 10 p.m. on Oct. 31.
Happy Halloween!
