The following Halloween events are planned for our region.

Trick-or-treatArea trick-or-treat nights have been scheduled.People wishing to participate are asked to have their porch lights on during those hours.Bownmanstown: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Chestnuthill Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31, with Trick or Treat Night at the Chestnuthill Township Park from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31.Coaldale: 6-8 p.m. Thursday.East Penn Township: "Trunks for Treats" from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the East Penn Social Hall.Eldred Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Trunk or Treat from 3-5 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's UCC, 102 Church Road in Kunkletown.Franklin Township: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Jim Thorpe: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Lansford: Thursday.Lehighton: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Lower Towamensing: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Nesquehoning: 6-8 p.m. Thursday.Palmerton: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Parryville: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Polk Township: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31. In case of bad weather, it will be 5-8 p.m. Nov. 1.Ross Township: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31.Rush Township: 6-9 p.m. Nov. 1Schuylkill Township: 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1Summit Hill: 6-8 p.m. Thursday. The rain date is 5-7 p.m. Nov. 1.Tamaqua: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.Towamensing Township: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31.Walker Township: Safe Trick or Treat, New England Valley Fire Company, 5-7 p.m. Saturday.Walnutport: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.Weatherly: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.Weissport: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.West Penn Township: 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1.Other fall eventsEast Penn Township"Trunks for Treats" from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the East Penn Social Hall.Eldred Township6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Trunk or Treat from 3-5 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's UCC, 102 Church Road in Kunkletown.Jim ThorpeAnnual Jim Thorpe Halloween Parade begins at 4 p.m. on Sunday.The annual Sunday School Halloween party for St. John's Lutheran Church, South Avenue, will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday in the social hall of the church. The party is for children who attend the nursery through sixth grades of the Sunday school. There will be games, races, pumpkin decorating, arts and crafts and refreshments.LansfordLansford Alive Event's Committee is sponsoring the Panther Valley Children's Halloween Party from 3-7 p.m. Saturday with a rain date of Sunday.A teen dance will be from 7-9 p.m. at the Panther Valley Mini Mall.Mahoning TownshipSt. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mahoning Township is having its annual Sunday School Halloween Party for all ages from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday.Northern LehighHalloween parade, 6:30 p.m. Saturday.Ross TownshipAnnual Pet Parade at 11 a.m. Saturday at the VanBuskirk-Haney Park, Anchorage Road in Saylorsburg.Tamaqua48th Annual Halloween Parade, 7 p.m. Tuesday. Rain date is Wednesday.Pie & Pumpkin Walk at Depot Square, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.YMCA Community Halloween Party, 5-7 p.m. Sunday.Owl Creek Hay Rides, 2 p.m. to late on Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.American Legion Halloween Dance, 8 p.m. Oct. 31.Light the Night, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31 at New Life Assembly of God, 407 Schuylkill Ave., Tamaqua. Games, candy, popcorn and cotton candy, are available. Register for door prizes to be drawn every half hour. For more information, call 570-668-4059.West Penn TownshipHaunted House at Clamtown School House, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1.