Trunk dunk! Ashland calls off ‘trick or treating’ in favor of trunk event

Proponents point out that there are few houses who have keep front porch lights on.. While Centre St may be busy, side streets remain relatively quiet … So why not trunk? It’s safer.. it’s filled with candy.. and filled with fun.

Opponents are fighting a losing battle. Halloween has changed a number of times in history. And lately. Modern society, post-war and post-9/11 have been unkind to the traditional trick or treating.

Is it more boring..? Maybe.. Is it really waving the white flag? Maybe.. But is it realistic to imagine this replaces trick or treating in dying towns? Absolutely.

Thoughts of life, death, mortality…all under a cold under sky

Simply by the nature of this season, it is a darker time of year.. We are surrounded by the agonies of autumn and the colorful array of ghouls and goblins ready to pounce on our door for candy … meanwhile the real ghouls and life goblins chomp away at our existence. Yes.. life always finds … Read moreThoughts of life, death, mortality…all under a cold under sky

A night at the Alma Mater: The CB Haunted Attraction

There was always something majestic about Cardinal Brennan..  And something eerie. Even more so on a dark and chilly night in October.. I graduated as the century turned in 1999. The school would end up lasting less a decade more.. it was closed by the Allentown Diocese for good in 2007. It was purchased by … Read moreA night at the Alma Mater: The CB Haunted Attraction