Major construction of new retaining walls along Route 44 in Norfolk has reduced traffic to one lane. Motorists pass by single file, controlled by traffic lights at either end of the site. Connecticut Department of Transportation Project 97-95 began in April 2024 and work is expected to continue for several years.
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Cindy Burnstein, left, offered cabbage leaves in addition to candy during the Halloween event in Falls Village.
Patrick L. Sullivan
Main Street was closed between Railroad and Prospect streets, although town constable Denny Jacobs noted that access to early voting at the Senior Center had to remain open.
“So we have to let people through for that,” he said, adding that he thought it unlikely anyone would be voting on Halloween.
Falls Village resident Orion Carr wore a costume complete with a wheeled horse half and an arrow quiver where he stowed his candy.
One youngster’s chicken costume posed visibility problems. Jeff Tripp, seated outside his Main Street home with a bowl of candy, helped guide the child off the sidewalk.
“Okay, step coming up!”
Adults joined in the fun, too. Matt Gallagher wore an actual carved pumpkin on his head.
At the Center on Main, Recreation Commission members served cider and pizza to hungry trick-or-treaters. Sandy Rhoades performed a magic show.
On Railroad Street, Dave and Resha Jacobs, dressed in railroad attire, ushered visitors through the haunted caboose. Inside, fog and eerie music set the scene, with candy and Judy Jacobs in a black cat costume awaiting visitors.
Cindy Burnstein offered something different. Alongside candy from the Adamah Farm crew, she handed out cabbage leaves.
“We’re a farm, and we’ve got a lot of cabbage,” she said.
Skeletons and mock gravestones set a spooky scene at Lakeville’s Town Grove.
Patrick L. Sullivan
At about 5:30 p.m., the Grove was quiet, with a dozen adults gathered around a fire and a handful of young children arriving with their parents in search of candy.
The adults discussed the accuracy of Scooby-Doo costumes, made predictions for the coming winter and puzzled over where Barbara Wiggins could find vacuum cleaner bags for her older Bissell machine.
Activity picked up around 7 p.m., when children who had been trick-or-treating in the neighborhood between Prospect and Bostwick streets began making their way to the Grove for the silly string and shaving cream fight.
The popular activity was confined to the playground, a boundary Grove manager Stacey Dodge made clear.
“If you’ve got shaving cream, you need to be away from the cars!” she announced to an arriving group. “All shaving cream in the playground!”
At 7:30 p.m., trick-or-treating was still busy along the eastbound side of Main Street between Prospect and Bostwick streets and on the westbound side between Lincoln City Road and the Grassland Dessert Cafe, which was packed.
Trick-or-treaters used the designated Main Street crosswalks, remembering to press the buttons that activate the flashing warning lights.
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