Nesco haunted house sure to thrill - Volunteers put in hard work to make Halloween tradition fun
Costumed processions, ghoulish performers and spooky stories are among the scary events scheduled during October in Egg Harbor City, Hammonton and Mullica Township.
The Nesco Volunteer Fire Company has set up an elaborate haunted house inside its fire house and a.....Continue Reading
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large hayride in the back woods by the Abbott Sawmill. The haunted house and hayride is open on weekends throughout the month. The haunted house features ghosts, scary clowns and other ghoulish sights. The hayride has 12 theater scenes, which include Godzilla, aliens and pirates.
The 12 year-old tradition is the main fundraiser for the 20-member fire company, said Capt. Phil Klose. "It's the main thing that keeps us running," Klose said.
A group of 12 volunteers worked 3½ months to set up the haunted house and the hayride scenes, said Hope Perez, the fire company's secretary and treasurer. Perez and Klose called it a "family thing" since many of the firefighters' relatives help out, along with other community members and the Nesco All Around Sportsman Club.
The fire company also will sell "haunted" photos, T-shirts and refreshments. "The full nine yards - we got everything," Klose said.
The festivities in Hammonton start off with a Downtown Trick-or-Treat on Saturday. Merchants along Bellevue Avenue will pass out treats to children, and other activities include costume and scarecrow contests, a mummy wrap, monster mash and pumpkin decorations, said Cassie Iacovelli, director of MainStreet Hammonton. The Hammonton Mothers' Club will sell lemonade to benefit the childhood cancer group Alex's Lemonade Stand. Other highlights include a kid-friendly magic show at the Eagle Theatre and the Hammonton Arts Center's photography club, Focal Point, will be selling photographs, Iacovelli said.
"The most important point is the event is the downtown merchants' way of thanking Hammonton for supporting their businesses," Iacovelli said. The event is sponsored by Capital Bank and Liberty Dialysis.
All three communities also hold traditional Halloween parades with dozens of revelers and floats ready to travel down Elwood Road in Mullica Township on Oct. 24, Bellevue Avenue in Hammonton on Oct. 27 and Philadelphia Avenue in Egg Harbor City on Oct. 30. Other groups holding free Halloween-related crafts and storytelling events throughout the month include the Egg Harbor City and Hammonton branches of the Atlantic County Library and the Hammonton Arts Center.
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•n Halloween story time, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27 at the Egg Harbor City branch of the Atlantic County library, 134 Philadelphia Ave. Free. For more information call 609-804-1063.
•n Halloween costume and float parade organized by the Egg Harbor City Rotary Club, Oct. 30. Lineup starts at 2 p.m. at Frannie Kern Field on Campe Street and London Ave., parade starts at 3 p.m. Free. For more information call Bernadette Jennings at 609-965-1369.
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Hammonton
•n MainStreet Hammonton's Downtown Trick or Treat, 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 16 on Bellevue Ave. Free. Features Alex's Lemonade Stand, magic show at Eagle Theatre and photographs by the Hammonton Arts Center's photography club. For more information call MainStreet Hammonton at 609-567-9014.
•n Halloween party, 5 p.m. Oct. 21, Hammonton Arts Center, 219 Bellevue Ave. Free. For more information call 609-567-5360.
•n Spooky storytelling with Lady Hawke Laura Kaighn for young adults, Hammonton branch of the Atlantic County library, 451 S. Egg Harbor Rd. Free. For more information call 609-561-2264.
•n Scarecrow craft, 2 p.m. Oct. 23, Hammonton branch of the Atlantic County library, 451 S. Egg Harbor Road. Free. For more information call 609-561-2264.
•n Scary movie night for children, 6 p.m. Oct. 25, Hammonton branch of the Atlantic County library, 451 S. Egg Harbor Rd. Free. For more information call 609-561-2264.
•n El Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead celebration and sugar skull decorating workshop, 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Hammonton Arts Center, 219 Bellevue Ave. Free. For more information call 609-567-5360.
•n Hammonton Woman's Civic Club Halloween Party, 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Hammonton Fire House 2, 51 N. White Horse Pike. The fee is $35 per person and includes a buffet dinner. To order tickets, contact Linda Bucci at 609-561-4519, Jennifer Bellace at 609-374-4787 or Helen Bellace at 609-432-6423.
•n Halloween parade organized by the Kiwanis Club of Hammonton, 7 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. Parade starts at Egg Harbor Road and travels along Bellevue Ave. The rain date is Oct. 28. For more information or to register floats or groups, call Robert Schenk at 609-561-0525.
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Mullica Township
•n Haunted house and hayride, Nesco Volunteer Fire Company, 3521 Nesco Rd., 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 15-16, 22-23, 29-30. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. For more information call 609-561-6791.
•n Halloween parade, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 starting at Township Hall, 4528 White Horse Pike, and ending at the Mullica schools, 500 Elwood Road. Free. For more information call the township clerk at 609-561-6696.
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