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Your guide to Halloween on the Shore BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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appy Halloween, Weekenders! Time to get your costume on. Whether you’re looking for a fright or prefer the not-so-scary side of night, there’s something for everyone on the North Shore. Here’s a roundup of events:
WILMETTE Trick or Treat hours: 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Wilmette Park District Spooky Skate: Have fun skating in costume on ice. Also enjoy games, a costume contest and prizes. Centennial Ice Rink, 2300 Old Glenview Road; 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 28; $7.75 students, $8.75 adults, $4 children five and under. Pumpkin Walk at Linden Square: Family friendly event includes a petting zoo, magician, face painting and trick or treat-
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ZOMBIE INVASION Spooky display for candy begets canned-food drive BY JULIE KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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nly three trick-or-treaters rang the bell on Halloween 2000, the first year the Cohn family lived at Ravinia Glen Place and Green Bay Road in Highland Park. The turnout remained paltry for several years, inspiring the family to think creatively to lure more kids to their neighborhood. That is, kids who don’t mind having to bypass zombies, ghosts, goblins — and a witch that strongly resembles Lady Gaga — before they get to the front door. Every year now for the past decade, Michael and Leslie Cohn and their daughters have added to the highly visible display, which spans the entirety of their corner lot and front lawn and even dangles above the street itself.
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What started as the Cohn family’s way to lure trick-or-treaters to their front door on Halloween has evolved into a canned-food drive for the Moraine Township Food Pantry. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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