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Nobody enjoys walking around in a wet Halloween costume or trying to eat soggy candy bars, but the safety of participants is the reason why officials in Fountain Hill borough, the City of Bethlehem, Salisbury Township and a number of other local communities are opting to postpone their Trick-or-Treat nights from Friday, Oct. 29 to Sunday, Oct. 31.
Leading the effort to ensure that this year’s fleet of floats doesnt’ run out of candy is Hellertown Postmaster Joe DiRusso, who has once again volunteered the post office–which is located roughly at the parade’s midpoint–to serve as a “candy refill station.”
A rain-soaked forecast for Trick or Treat night caused some anxiety for local parents in the days leading up to the event. Ultimately, the weather turned out to be dry–and exceptionally mild–between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m., but as a precaution, large-scale indoor Trick or Treat events were planned in and around Hellertown, possibly for the first time.
With Trick-or-Treating and Halloween parades occurring in our area, mountains of sugary candy are filling plastic pumpkins and spooky-looking reusable bags. But not all Halloween candy is created equal when it comes to your teeth.
If running out of candy to throw mid-way through the Saucon Valley Spirit Parade is a perennial problem for your organization’s float or marchers the Hellertown Post Office has announced that it is here to help you this year.
A planned borough council discussion about the sometimes controversial scheduling of Trick-or-Treat in Hellertown borough was tabled Monday night after Mayor David Heintzelman requested that council wait two weeks to allow for more community members to attend and provide input.
In light of the upcoming Halloween season and all the associated candy, my strong advice is similar to the old expression of ‘everything in moderation.’
A Saucon Valley School Board member called a revision to the school district’s health and wellness policy that would limit the number of candy bar fundraiser sales that can be held in schools ‘definite overreach’ by the federal government.
It is Halloween again, when children of all ages consume more candy than most times of the year. Here are some suggestions to help minimize the side effects of too much sticky, gooey, sweet candy.
Saucon Valley Spirit Parade Chairman David Heintzelman is asking parents and caregivers to watch their children closely during the annual parade Oct. 23, when thrown pieces of candy could tempt little ones toward the path of moving vehicles.