With Halloween just around the corner, Lehighton, Palmerton and Eldred Township showcased their ghouls and goblins during parades this past weekend.

Here are a few additional photos from those events, as well as information on upcoming Halloween activities taking place throughout the Times News coverage area.Trick or treat• Heritage Hill Senior Community, 800 Sixth St., Weatherly, invites local children, ages 0-10, to the community to celebrate Halloween from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Residents will be handing out goodie bags to the children. There will be great photo opportunities, so be sure to bring your cameras for this "spooktacular" event. For more information, please call Toni Englehart, marketing associate, at 570-427-4500.• Trunk or treat: Hosted by the West Penn Township Lions Club and the West Penn Fire Company No. 1, from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the West Penn Fire Company No. 1. Dress in costume and decorate your vehicle's trunk, tailgate, or hatch, and have fun handing out treats. Free admission; refreshments available. Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated trunk, children's costume and adult costume. There will also be pumpkin painting and a scarecrow contest. Pumpkins and paint will be provided for the children. A Halloween-themed movie will be played inside the fire company. All vehicle trunks need to be registered, decorated and staffed by 4:30 p.m. Registration is required with proof of insurance upon arrival. Registration of vehicles will begin at 3:30 p.m.• Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Gilbert, hold its annual trunk or treat in the parking lot from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Oct 25.• Arby's and Taco Bell in Lehighton are having a craft and trick or treat night Oct. 27 from 5-7 p.m.• The East Penn Township Trunks-for-Treat night will be at the Social Hall parking lot at 403 Blue Mountain Road from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28, offered by the township's recreation board for residents to bring their vehicles, dress up to join the "atmosphere" of the evening if you wish and provide treats. With the main road through the township being East and West Lizard Creek Road (Route 895) and a heavily traveled highway, the Trunks-for-Treats is being offered as a means to keep the trick-or-treaters safe and off the highway. For more information, call 610-377-0973.• St. Matthew's UCC, Kunkletown, trunk or treat at the Eldred Community Building, 2-4 p.m. Oct. 31.• Bowmanstown: Oct. 28.• Coaldale: Oct. 31.• East Penn: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28• Franklin Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28• Jim Thorpe, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28• Lansford, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31• Lehighton, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28• Lehigh Township: Begins 6 p.m. Oct. 30.• Lower Towamensing Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28• Nesquehoning: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. No rain date.• Palmerton: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28.• Penn Forest: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28• Polk Township: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31.• Ross Township: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31.• Rush Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.• Schuylkill Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.• Slatington: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28.• Summit Hill Borough: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Rain date will be 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1.• Tamaqua: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.• Towamensing Township: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31.• Washington Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28.• Weatherly: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.• West Penn Township: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.Parades and events• The annual Andreas Halloween Parade is 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a rain date of Thursday. The annual event is sponsored by the sporting club and the West Penn Lions/Lioness Clubs. For more information or to register, call Becky at 570-386-3045.• The West End Park and Open Space Commission will host this year's Pet Costume Parade at the Ross Township Park, Anchorage Road, Saylorsburg at 11 a.m. Saturday. Owners and pets can be in the parade and there will be prizes for the Scariest, Cutest, Most Original and Pet & Owner Look-a-Like and more. For more information, call 570-992-9733 or

bkozen@ptd.net.• The Jim Thorpe Lions Club's 21st annual Halloween parade will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, starting at the Jim Thorpe Area High School. The parade is funded by donations. If you would like to make a donation to the parade, mail it to Jim Thorpe Lions Club, Halloween Parade Committee, P.O. Box 108, Jim Thorpe. Registration information is available online at

http://Halloween.JimThorpeNews.com or by calling Jim Trainer at 570-325-4104.• Tamaqua's Annual Halloween parade is Oct. 27. Registration forms are now available at the Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce Office, 114 W. Broad St. The rain date is Oct. 28. For more information, call 570-668-1880 or email

tamaquachamber@verizon.net.• The 108th Slatington Halloween Parade will be Oct. 31. The parade is still in need of floats. The deadline has been extended, and anyone wishing to have a float can contact the event through their website or Facebook page.• Shenandoah's Halloween Parade is set for Oct. 31. Staging starts at 12:30 p.m. outside the Shenandoah Hi-Rise on West Oak Street. Parade continues north on Main Street and ends outside the Shenandoah Manor for free refreshments and snacks. Participants do not need to register. Parade is organized via the Shenandoah Community Watch.• Haunted House, Route 443 in Clamtown, sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 755, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 23, 24, 30, 31 and Nov. 1. $1 off admission with a canned good that will be donated to a local food bank.Submit your Halloween event information at

tneditor@tnonline.com.