North Catasauqua small Town USA trick or treat will be 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28. Don’t forget to turn on your porch light to alert the trick-or-treaters to stop by your home for treats.

The rain date will be 6-8 p.m. Oct. 29.

Keep these tips in mind when your children are out on Halloween night.

• A responsible adult should accompany young children on the neighborhood rounds.

• If your older children are going alone, plan and review a route acceptable to you.

• Agree on a specific time children should return home.

• Teach your children never to enter a stranger’s home or car.

• Instruct children to travel only in familiar, well-lit areas and stick with their friends.

• Tell your children not to eat any treats until they return home, and take care to avoid any food allergies.

Motorists and community members should keep these things in mind.

• Watch for children walking on roadways, medians and curbs.

• Enter and exit driveways and alleys carefully.

• At twilight and later in the evening, watch for children in dark clothing.

• Discourage new, inexperienced drivers from driving on Halloween.

Have a fun and spooky night!

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Catasauqua Community Thrift Shop, 113 Bridge St., has last-minute Halloween costumes available. There is also beautiful fall and winter clothing available and many small household items.

Stop by the store during regular open hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The shop is happy to accept donations of good, used, clean clothing and household items and toys during store hours. Proceeds from the shop are returned to the community through contributions that support youth and adult programs and services.

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Daylight saving time ends Nov. 5. Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed the night before.

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The next North Catasauqua Borough Council meetings are planned for 7 p.m. Nov. 6 and 20 in the basement-level meeting room at borough hall, 1066 Fourth St.

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Don’t forget! Get out and vote in the upcoming Nov. 7 municipal election. The two polling places in North Catasauqua are located at borough hall for the first ward and Slovak Center Social Club, 1233 Fifth St., for the second ward.

For more information, visit vote.pa.gov.

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St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 122 Union St., Catasauqua, is holding a Thanksgiving pie sale. The pies will be made fresh from Madeline’s on Liberty in Allentown and will be available for pickup at the parish center 4-5:30 p.m. Nov. 19. If that is not convenient for you, arrangements can be made to pick up your order at the parish office another day.

Have all orders and payment in to the parish office by Nov. 8. Order forms are available on the church Facebook page at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the church website at annunciationbvm.net or by email at kim.stmarys122@gmail.com. Use this email or 610-264-0332 for any questions.

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State Rep. Zach Mako, R-183rd, reminds residents that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. An estimated one in four women and one in nine men will be subjected to abuse by an intimate partner.

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior used to establish power and control over an intimate partner, causing both physical and emotional harm. Victims may be subjected to abuse, harassment, threats, vandalism, trespassing, burglary, theft and stalking.

As one of the most chronically underreported crimes, domestic violence affects men and women in all racial, ethnic, religious, educational, social and economic backgrounds.

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With Veterans Day approaching, consider purchasing a North Catasauqua Hometown Heroes banner.

The banners will be hung around small Town USA. The banners are available to honor or remember a relative or anyone who served in any branch of the military.

There is a cost. The banners will be 30 inches by 60 inches and are similar to the banners already installed around the perimeter of North Catasauqua William J. Albert Memorial Park, 701 Grove St.

A photo of the individual to be put on the banner will be needed with the name of the individual on the back of the photo. The banners are proposed to be installed and hung on Howertown Road and Grove, Main and Fourth streets in the borough.

Banner application forms are available at borough hall during regular business hours.

For more information, call borough hall at 610-264-1504, ext. 4.

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Happy Halloween, and be safe! Have a great week.