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When is Trick-or-Treat in Saucon Valley?

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UPDATE: On Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, Hellertown Borough Council voted unanimously to add an hour to the Trick-or-Treat schedule. Lower Saucon Township Council followed suit two days later. Trick-or-Treat will now be held from 5 to 8 p.m. (instead of 6 to 8 p.m.) on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015.

It’s a question that seems to be asked frequently every year anymore, probably at least partly because times and dates for the event have varied over the past decade: When is Trick-or-Treat in Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township?jack-o-lantern-312380_1280

This year (2015) Trick-or-Treat in both communities will be held Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 8 p.m., which means it won’t conflict with Saucon Valley High School’s Senior Night and the Panthers’ home football game vs. Notre Dame-Green Pond on Friday, Oct. 30.

It will also be the first local Trick-or-Treat held on Halloween night in a number of years.

Last year, Saucon Valley Trick-or-Treat was held on the last Friday in October from 5 to 8 p.m., which resulted in complaints from some residents who criticized its earlier start time and overall length (three hours as opposed to the traditional two).

In the past the event has also been held locally on a Sunday afternoon, but that resulted in complaints from Hellertown residents who said their neighborhood was being invaded by Trick-or-Treaters from nearby Bethlehem, which always holds its Trick-or-Treat on the last Friday in October from 6 to 8 p.m.

When do you think Trick-or-Treat should be held? Tell us in the comments.

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Josh Popichak

Josh Popichak is the owner, publisher and editor of Saucon Source. A Lehigh Valley native, he's covered local news since 2005 and previously worked for Berks-Mont News and AOL/Patch. Contact him at josh@sauconsource.com.

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