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GRAFTON, Mass -- Halloween will go forward as scheduled in Grafton in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left downed tree branches and scatted power outages in town.
Town Administrator Tim McInerney's office said there are no plans to reschedule trick-or-treating, since damage is not as widespread as it was last year. The October 2011 snowstorm left 80 percent of the town without power, forcing the move of trick-or-treating by five days.
Grafton Police will patrol South Street while trick-or-treaters make the rounds on Oct. 31.
"We will have an officer on both ends of South St. from 6 to 10 p.m." Grafton Police Chief Norman A. Creapeau, Jr. said. "If traffic does get heavy, we will block off the road to all but South Street residents' vehicles."
South Street, which runs from the Common south to Old Upton Road, is unofficially Halloween central for many Grafton children dressed as witches, giraffes, or Superman. In recent years, there have been long lines of trick-or-treaters at front doors waiting for candy.
Comments (9)
Give it a break, people....this is starting to sound like another Political campaign!
Can't we all just get along and enjoy the harvest of sweets our children will be leaving unattended while they sleep.
Just for the record Upset parent, I am not a "newbie"! I've lived in this town for over 40 years. Went through the Grafton school system and my kids are now doing the same. Other towns have switched trick or treating for a Sat. before Halloween. I agree that times are different now with both parents working and children having more homework now than we ever did. I think the teachers would appreciate it being on the weekend as well:)
I agree with mom of 2, change the date! Let the kids have fun celebrating Halloween on a Saturday every year. In my opinion Trick or Treating on a school night loses its worth when I have to whisk my children in, take away the candy and send them off to bed at 8pm. 40 years ago Trick or Treating on a school night worked, today times are different. Kids have more homework, both parents work, more parents are single. Sorry, not a newbie Upset parent, been here in town almost 46 years! If we want to change the date speak up!
What does how long you've lived in town have ANYTHING to do about how one would feel about rescheduling trick or treating due to a massive storm? Please remove the large chip off your shoulder. Us "newbies" pay taxes, patronize local businesses, and contribute to the community. This "newbie vs. true Grafton citizens" narrative is boring, petty and divisive.
Halloween is October 31st and should always be October 31st regardless of the day. I agree that lately the weather has been in the way but that isn't the normal. Why change the date of Halloween it doesn't make sense. That is one thing that I still love about this town it is the only thing that the newbies here haven't been able to change, at least not yet but give it time and I'm sure they will find a way.
I wish the town would just change Trick or Treat for the Sat. before Halloween for here on in like some other towns have done. I know Gardner Ma has always done their trick or treat on the weekend before Halloween.
Our walk and driveway is a mess as well. Some of the neighborhoods did Trick or Treating this past Sat. because of the impending storm. Because they made that decision on their own, do they also open their doors tomorrow night? It just gets too confusing for everyone!
I was hoping for the delay as well, so many are still without power and I know personally, my yard and walk way are still a mess and being at work today I wont be able to have time to get it all cleaned up before tomorrow.
I'm sorry, but this is so ridiculous in my opinion. What does it hurt to delay it a couple/few days until hopefully everyone is back up with power? We've been without power since before 2pm yesterday, and it looks like there's been no progress in getting us back up. I'm not sure what everyone without power is supposed to do. We do have a generator and could power some lights, but we'd be one of the few in the neighborhood. This is our son's first Halloween and we were really looking forward to taking him to a few neighbors. This decision is basically sticking it to our neighborhood and many others. I'm sorry if I seem too upset, but when there's no good reason for something that hurts a lot of people...just sooo frustrating.