At times on Sunday, there was just enough of a bite in the air to remind paradegoers that cold weather is on the horizon.

Fortunately, the ample doses of adrenaline on display were enough to warm up the audience during the 23rd annual Palmerton Halloween Parade on Sunday.Event chairwoman Susie Arner said the parade route change was a success.The parade started by going up Seventh Street, turning left onto Lafayette Avenue, and then down to Second Street. From there, it wound through Franklin Avenue to Third Street and Delaware Avenue, finishing on Seventh Street.Arner said the change in direction placed parade participants on Delaware Avenue, which is better lit as evening approached.Arner said the switch in direction went so well that it will remain in place for next year's parade."The parade was again a huge success thanks to the participants with their awesome entries," Arner said."It continues to grow each year."The four-division parade was led by the Palmerton Police Department, with Mayor Chris Olivia; the Palmerton United Veterans Organization Color Guard; the parade grand marshal, which was the UVO, and Palmerton Borough Council.Division I consisted of the Palmerton Fire Department; Palmerton High School Varsity Cheerleaders; Palmerton Junior High Cheerleaders; PHS Homecoming King and Queen Matthew Semmel and Eliza Good; Palmerton High School Football Team; Girl Scout Troop 301; Palmerton Youth Wrestling; Palmerton Hungarian Club Auxiliary; the Village at Palmerton; Cub Pack 41; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Palmerton Booster Club 100 lb cheering; and Palmerton Ambulance.Participants in Division 2 were the West End Fire Department of Palmerton; S.S. Palmer/Parkside PTO; Daniel Tyson, Perseverance Jazz Band; Tumble with Denise; Doyle Heffley Committee; Palmerton Booster Club flag football; Carbon County K9; Richard Beers; Girl Scout troop 3112; Boy Scout troop 20; Patti Borger for state representative and Carbon County Democratic Club; and Palmerton Ambulance.The third division comprised the Aquashicola Fire Department; Palmerton Booster Club Flag cheerleaders; Girl Scout troops 3127 and 3580; Carbon County Republican Committee; Girl Scout troop 303; Szoke Iron Works; Palmerton Booster Club 85 lb football; Carbon County Fair Queen; Palmerton Booster Club 100 lb football; Mr. Gregory Badger of Collegeville with his air calliope; Smith and Dellecker for Commissioner; and Palmerton Ambulance.Division 4 was made up the Bowmanstown Fire Company; Cub Pack 209; Palmerton Booster Club 85 lb cheerleaders; Magic Touch Floor Covering; Zinc City Motorcycle; Lehighton Brownies; Lehighton Girl Scout troop 3583; Palmerton Booster Club 130 lb cheering; JT Farms Horses; Pacemakers Car Club and Friends; Palmerton Booster Club 130 lb football; Rendano family; Yensers Tree Farm; Strohl Paint and Quarter Horses; Larry Hahn with a 1943 military jeep; Palmerton Ambulance; Mahoning Valley Ambulance; Parryville Fire Co; Laurys Station Vol Fire Co; Bowmanstown Fire Co; Aquashicola Fire Dept; and Palmerton Fire Company.Winners were:Best Appearing Non-Costumed Group: 1. PHS Varsity Cheerleaders "Bringing Back Bomber Pride" 2. Palmerton JV Cheerleaders "Pink and Blue Bombers join in breast cancer awareness" Honorable Mention Palmerton Booster Club 130 lb cheerleaders.Best Appearing Costumed Group: 1. Girl Scout troop 3583 "Baking girls sweeter through Scouting" 2. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church "The big Cheese and his church Mice" 3. Lehighton Brownies "Give a hoot don't pollute" Honorable Mention: Girl Scout troop 303 "Troop 303 is Bootiful"; Tumble with Denise "There's no place like Home"; Boy Scout troop 20 "We are all wrapped up in scouting"; Palmerton Booster Club 100 lb cheerleaders "Rocking for a Victory".Small Floats Judges Choice for Overall Outstanding Small Float: 1. Girl Scout Troop 301 "Frozen"; 2. Carbon County K9; 3. Palmerton Hungarian Club Auxiliary; 4. Pacemakers and friends "Sea Cruise"Honorable Mention: The Village of Palmerton Senior Prom King Queen and Court; Yensers Tree Farm "Trees for Troops"; Palmerton Booster Club 130-pound football "The Walking Dead"; Zinc City Motorcycle Club "Wild Ride,"Large Floats Judges Choice for Overall Outstanding Large Float: Cub Pack 209 "Wild West Adventure."Judges Choice for Outstanding Palmerton Sports Group Large Float: Palmerton Booster Club Flag Cheerleaders "Boots Class and a lil Sass"; Palmerton Booster Club 85 lb cheerleaders "We Present Disney's Frozen"; and Palmerton Booster Club Flag Football "Racing the Competition.SS Palmer/Parkside PTO "Lego Movie in Action"; Girl Scout troop 3112 "Girl Scouts make Headlines"; Girl Scout Troops 3127 and 3580 "We love Disney"; Cub Pack 41 "Building values and Character through Scouting."Honorable Mention: Palmerton Youth Wrestling "Zombie Wrestlers"; Palmerton Booster Club 100 lb football "Nightmare on the Field"; Palmerton Booster Club 85 lb football "Bomber Football Pride"; and PHS Football "Continuing the Drive for Bomber Spirit."Decorated Automotive: 1. Ghostbusters; 2. County Fair Queen.Non-Decorated Automotive: 1. Larry Hahn Military jeep; Honorable Mention: Richard Beers 1206 mini farmall tractor.Best Patriotic Theme: 1. Palmerton VFW; 2. Yensers Tree Farm "Trees for Troops"; Honorable mention: Szoke Iron Works.Cutest entry involving animals: 1. JT Farms. Honorable mention: Strohl Paint and Barrel Quarterhorses