Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:15am

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The Graveside Inn, aka Bayside Inn, owners Kathryn and Peter Sullivan's trick or treats space on the Village Green. LISA KRISTOFF

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Is that a Cookie Monster trick or treating at the Land Trust table? LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Nathan's Wellness Pharmacy & Apothecary was voted #1 in the Trick Or Treat Display Contest. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

BRYMCA table at the Railway Spooktacular Oct. 26, LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Boothbay Region Clean Drinking Water Initiative. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Skylar Carrier, Nikki Main and Isaac Main. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Corn stomp. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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He or she should've called Dead River ... LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Dinosaur Justus Scott feels a surprise. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Zoe Brewer, aka Dorothy with one of the Munchkins, her sister Kenzie. The family came to the event from Alexander, ME. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Imij Armstead as "Uma" daughter of Ursula, from the Disney films, "Descendants" at the Y Arts table. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Niveah Cusamano and mom Corinne Cusamano. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Emma and mom Alejandra. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Pass at your own risk. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

The Pumpkin Pound. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Rotary tent. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Trick or treating in the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor "tent." LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Event sponsor Pier 1 Pizza's table featured Downeast Candies' saltwater taffy. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

The Pumpkin Pound. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

At the CRC table. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Serious pounding by a young witch no less. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Eeww! What's in the next cauldron in the Witch's Kitchen? LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Addie! LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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Becky Alley and Amy. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Carefully adding paint color for her spin art. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

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At the St. Columba's Youth Group table, from left: Bruce Harris, Medea Harris, Ford Harris, Hamilton Pierpan and Ben Hodgdon. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

The Graveside Inn, aka Bayside Inn, owners Kathryn and Peter Sullivan's trick or treats space on the Village Green. LISA KRISTOFF

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Is that a Cookie Monster trick or treating at the Land Trust table? LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Nathan's Wellness Pharmacy & Apothecary was voted #1 in the Trick Or Treat Display Contest. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

BRYMCA table at the Railway Spooktacular Oct. 26, LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Boothbay Region Clean Drinking Water Initiative. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Skylar Carrier, Nikki Main and Isaac Main. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Corn stomp. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

He or she should've called Dead River ... LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Dinosaur Justus Scott feels a surprise. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Zoe Brewer, aka Dorothy with one of the Munchkins, her sister Kenzie. The family came to the event from Alexander, ME. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Imij Armstead as "Uma" daughter of Ursula, from the Disney films, "Descendants" at the Y Arts table. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Niveah Cusamano and mom Corinne Cusamano. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Emma and mom Alejandra. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Pass at your own risk. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

The Pumpkin Pound. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Rotary tent. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Trick or treating in the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor "tent." LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Event sponsor Pier 1 Pizza's table featured Downeast Candies' saltwater taffy. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

The Pumpkin Pound. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

At the CRC table. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Serious pounding by a young witch no less. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Eeww! What's in the next cauldron in the Witch's Kitchen? LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Addie! LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Becky Alley and Amy. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Carefully adding paint color for her spin art. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

At the St. Columba's Youth Group table, from left: Bruce Harris, Medea Harris, Ford Harris, Hamilton Pierpan and Ben Hodgdon. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Boothbay Railway Village's Halloween celebration, the Railway Spooktacular, drew costumed kids and adults for an afternoon of ghoulish fun and games on Oct. 26. Marketing Director Lori Reynolds reported 500 people attended.

In addition to trick or treating, there were barrel train rides, facepainting by Sherry Casas and Gigi Delisle, a bouncy house, the "Pumpkin Pound" where young witches, ghosts, skeletons and princesses pounded golf tees into pumpkins set up in a "pumpkin patch," a high striker, and cornhole.

Animated witches greeted everyone at the Town Hall with the witch trio inside being popular for photos. Crafts included spin art, small pumpkin art with Boothbay Sea and Science Center; and the steam train kept running thanks to ghoulish engineers Cathy and John Orne. The costumed and uncostumed waited in line for a ride aboard the steam train throughout the event held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Local businesses and organizations each had a trick -or-treat table around the perimeter of the Village Green decorated in high Halloween fashion. These included event sponsor Pier 1 Pizza; Nathan's Wellness Pharmacy & Apothecary, in addition to candy, Witch Priestess Maria also had small hypodermic needle pens; Eastside Waterfront Park, Community Resource Council, Boothay Harbor Inn/Three Buoys, Dead River Company, Boothbay Region Elementary School, Bayside B&B (aka The Graveside Inn), BRYMCA, Y Arts, St. Columba's Youth Group, Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay Region Clean Drinking Water Initiative, Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Harbor Montessori and Child Enrichment Center, Maci's Hair Salon, and Atlantic Edge Lobster. Fundraisers were held by Boothbay Region High School, Boothbay Railway Village and Boothbay Sea and Science Center.

The Witch's Kitchen, created by people with Eastside Waterfront Park, reminscent of the Milton Bradley game "Feeley Meeley" from the 1960s, cauldrons contained a variety of staples in any witch's kitchen: bat wings, toes, a severed hand, and rat droppings.

Food made by volunteers, including Lisa Hallinan who was called upon to make a second emergency pot of her mac & cheese, was yummy. Pizza slices, popcorn, and a variety of sweets at the Boothbay Region High School table, along with water or cider to wash it all down made for a fine gnosh.

The Halloween soundtrack was wicked good, too!