5 Things To Know About Trick-Or-Treating In Manchester

You’ve bought the costumes. You have the pillowcases at the ready. Halloween is upon us; here are five things you need to know about trick-or-treating in Manchester:

1. The weather: The National Weather Service is calling for clear skies and fairly mild temperatures that, while they will drop to about freezing overnight, should only fall to about 50 degrees by 10 p.m.

2. The times: Manchester’s trick-or-treating on Halloween -- Saturday, Oct. 31 -- is between noon and 9 p.m.

3. Supervise children: Kids, especially young ones, get excited by the prospect of trick-or-treating. Make sure someone is with them to ensure they are following traffic rules and trick-or-treat etiquette of knocking only on doors with porch lights on.

4. Check that candy: Make sure wrappers are still tight, and don’t have pinholes or tears, that items are in sealed packages (unless you know the source), and keep the hard candies and small items out of the hands of little ones, to avoid the danger of choking.

5. If you’re going to a neighborhood you’re not familiar with, double-check our sex offender map.

(Trick or treat, by George Ruiz, via Flickr and Creative Commons)