Halloween falls on Thursday, Oct. 31 this year. The sun will set 5:38 p.m. with darkness descending 7:13 p.m. Temperatures will be around 55, with a chance of rain.
“With Halloween being celebrated with trick or treating by Needham’s children, parents are urged to exercise caution in helping to keep their children safe while trick-or-treating,” says Needham Town Officials.
The Town of Needham provides the following tips for trick or treaters:
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1. Route planning is very important. Know where your children will be traveling. If possible, walk with them. If they are going out unsupervised, make sure they travel in a group.
2. For greater visibility during dusk and darkness, decorate or trim costumes with reflective tape that will glow in the beam of a car’s headlights. Bags or sacks should also be light colored or decorated with reflective tape. Reflective tape is usually available in hardware, bicycle and sporting goods stores.
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3. Make sure that each person traveling carries a flashlight and to use the flashlight to illuminate the ground in front of them.
4. Teach your children to look, listen and be aware of cars not stopping at corners. Teach your children to stay on the sidewalks and cross only at corners.
For a list of other Halloween safety tips, go to http://www.cdc.gov/family/halloween.
Other Halloween essentials:
Where is the best place to go trick or treating? If the area is well lit, has sidewalks, is decorated cool and/or hands out full sized candy bars, we want to know. Tell us in the comments section.
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