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Month: October 2017

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Treat yourself to Halloween sights, sounds and scares this weekend

October 27, 2017March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Ghost Parade, Raynham Hall Museum, Riverhead Halloween Fest

Since this spooky season is almost coming to a “dead” end, clear your schedules for one, or both, of these haunted happenings (for all ages): Raynham Hall Museum’s Halloween Ghost Walk in Oyster Bay and the Riverhead Halloween Fest.

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Enter if you dare: Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

October 19, 2017March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Gateway's Haunted Playhouse

An old barn on 7-acre grounds, home to the unassuming Gateway Playhouse that presents musical performances and shows, transforms into a haunted playhouse, full of Halloween spooks and scares, now through Nov. 4.

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The Oyster Festival promises food and fun Saturday and Sunday

October 12, 2017March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Oyster Bay, Oyster Festival

A popular annual festival, stretching from Audrey Avenue to Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and teeming with attractions like pirate shows, midway rides and its infamous oyster-eating and oyster-shucking contests, returns to the Oyster Bay Harbor area for its 34th year, Oct. 14-15.

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Long Island Fall Festival returns to Heckscher Park for Columbus Day weekend

October 6, 2017March 23, 2018 Jaclyn Gangi Heckscher Park, Long Island Fall Festival

Three stages of entertainment, carnival rides and games, arts and craft vendors, food courts and fall-fun activities for the family will transform the 25 acres of Heckscher Park in Huntington for this year’s Long Island Fall Festival, held Oct. 6-9.

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Hi, I'm Jac

Jaclyn GangiI may seem like just a mild-mannered reporter of local community news, being the editorial writer for the Newsday Hometown Shopper since Dec. 2015, but I also like to think of myself as a detective for tracking down and finding the most exciting events Long Island has to offer.
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