Pumpkins, marshmallows and vehicle trunks full of candy are a sure sign of the City of Delaware’s Halloween party. More than 1,000 people attended Saturday’s annual free event at Mingo Park. Visitors were able to pick a pumpkin, play on inflatable toys and eat hot dogs.
CHICAGO — Offer apples to trick-or-treaters and risk having your house get egged — maybe even by your own kids. But dentists and dietitians say you can still make Halloween reasonably healthy for little devils and witches without resorting to dracul-onian tactics, like no candy.
This Halloween, the Delaware County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is hoping to fill Ohio Wesleyan University’s Selby Stadium with hundreds of bodies.
Jack Dozier puts the finishing touches on the elaborate Halloween scene Wednesday at his West William Street home in Delaware. The yard features nearly a dozen life-size ghouls, ghosts and goblins. The decorations are an annual tradition, Dozier said.
If you haven’t stopped in the Delaware County Community Market on E. William St. in Delaware for awhile or even at all, make a point of popping in this fall. The Market has grown in its first year and a half of operation and now has 3,344 customers, supports 84 non-profits and sells items from 117 local vendors. The whole purpose of this non-profit store and deli is to donate 20 percent of its sales to local charities.
NEW YORK — Dressed as protesters, complete with toy megaphone, Mitch Robinson and his wife unrolled a sleeping bag and “occupied” their friends’ Halloween party. Unlike the real-life Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, they had a detailed, numbered list of demands for their hosts.
FLETCHER, N.C. — Rolling through small Southern towns in a campaign-style bus, President Barack Obama on Monday pressed lawmakers back in Washington to start taking up pieces of his rejected jobs bill and mocked the Republicans who had shot it down in total. The Senate moved to vote soon on one part, a plan to help states hire teachers, but the proposal seemed doomed.
What are the similarities between leading soldiers in the field and students in the classroom? Bryan Santschi would know. A 25-year-old environmental science teacher at Buckeye Valley High School, he paid for his college degree by enrolling in the officer training program for the U.S. Army National Guard.