Trick or Treating on South Main Street, Thursday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m. Bring costumed children to trick-or-treat. The City of Wilkes-Barre Presents a Halloween “Thriller” Flash Mob featuring Mayor Tony George with David Blight School of Dance performs at 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM in Midtown Village. South Main Street will be closed to traffic between Northampton St. and Public Square for safe trick or treating. Public Square, Main and Market streets, Wilkes-Barre. 570-208-4240 or wilkes-barre.pa.us.
Dupont Lions Club annual safety stations, Thursday, Oct. 31, 6 to 8 p.m.; Dupont Youth Baseball Organization Little League Park concession stand; Dupont Crime Watch, 234 Smith St.; Dave Pacoski, 303 Penn Ave.; and Kelly Alexander, 288 Main St. Stations will provide hot chocolate, Halloween treats for all the ghouls and goblins and treats for our fury friends. There are four safety stations for this year’s event. Dupont Youth Baseball Organization also will serve hot dogs at its stand.
Yagielniskie family haunted porch and sidewalk, Thursday, Oct. 31, 5 to 8 p.m., 329 W. Washington St., Frackville. Features ghouls and spooky displays for trick-or-treaters. Visitors are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food donation to help support the Frackville Food Bank. Donations can be dropped off any time on the porch between now and Halloween night.
Hotel of Horror, Thursday, Oct. 31, through Saturday, Nov. 2, 7 to 10 p.m. Not recommended for children younger than 10. Open rain or shine. 5105 Cherry Valley Road, Saylorsburg. 570-992-3278 or hotelofhorror.com.
Halloween Massacre 2, Thursday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Headliner is Rick Ross. DaBaby and Lil Durk also perform. Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Twp. 570-970-7600 or mohegansunarenapa.com.
Boos & Brews, Friday, Nov. 1, 6 to 9 p.m. ($25 buffet and flight) Features Halloween costume contest with prizes and music by DJ O. 21 and older. Wallenpaupack Brewing Co., 73 Welwood Ave., Hawley. 570-390-7933 or wallenpaupackbrewingco.com.
Exeter Events Committee second Howl at the Moon Fall Festival, Saturday, Nov. 2, 3 to 10 p.m., St. Cecilia’s Church Grounds, Wyoming Avenue, Exeter. Includes live music, vendors, a bounce house and face painting for kids.
Reaper’s Revenge Haunted Attraction and Hayride, Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Sundays, 6 to 11 p.m., through Sunday, Nov. 3. Features Haunted Hayride, Lost Carnival, Pitch Black and Sector 13 attractions. Not recommended for children 10 and younger. Cash only at ticket booth. 460 Green Grove Road, Scott Twp. 570-254-8038 or reapersrevenge.net.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest