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Mass. communities are rescheduling trick-or-treat times due to Halloween storms

Check to see whether your town postponed trick-or-treating.

The children of Lexington trick-or-treated at the downtown businesses. Fourteen-month-old Nia Simpson makes her way along Massachusetts Ave. She is dressed as a turtle. Suzanne Kreiter / Globe staff

By Caroline Anders and Kevin Slane

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Trick-or-treat season is upon us. Though not all Massachusetts cities and towns have specific hours scheduled for little ones to run around dressed up like ghouls and goblins, we’ve gathered a list of those that do. 

This list will be updated as more information is made available. Please email [email protected] with your community’s trick-or-treat hours and be sure to share the best spots in your town for trick-or-treating.

  • Acton: 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Andover: 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Auburn: 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Amesbury: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Arlington: Chamber of Commerce trick-or-treating event from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Athol: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Avon: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Barre:  5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Beverly: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Boston: no specified time
  • Braintree: 4 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Cambridge: no specific hours, Oct. 31
  • Danvers: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31 
  • Essex: 5 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 1
  • Fitchburg: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Gardner: 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Hamilton: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Haverhill: 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 26
  • Hubbardston: 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Ipswich: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Lawrence: 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Leominster: 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Lexington: Chamber of Commerce trick-or-treating event from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Malden: Chamber of Commerce trick-or-treating event for children under 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Marblehead: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Medford: Chamber of Commerce trick-or treat from 3 to 5 p.m. on Oct.31
  • Melrose: Chamber of Commerce trick-or-treat from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Methuen: 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Monson: 3 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Newbury: 5:30 to 7:30 on Nov. 2
  • Newton: Unit 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • North Andover: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Orange: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Oxford: 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Pepperell: 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Princeton: 4 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Rowley: 4 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Rutland: 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Salem: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Somerville: Suggested between 5 and 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Sturbridge: 5 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 2
  • Tewksbury: 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Wenham: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Westminster: 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 2
  • West Brookfield: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1
  • Weymouth: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Winchendon: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
  • Worcester: 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 31

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