Palmyra Halloween Parade, Westfield Play Highlight Week Ahead

Halloween happenings highlight the week ahead, including the annual Palmyra Halloween Parade—now in its ninth decade.

The parade starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Riverton Elementary School. Participants can begin getting lined up at 6 p.m. The parade route is up Howard Street, right on Broad, and down Broad to cross over the tracks at Park Avenue and enter Legion Field. There will be free goodie bags and entertainment, and hot dogs for sale.

Prizes will be given out for the best costumes/floats in several categories, including "Scary," "Funny," "Movie/TV Character" and more. And don't forget—pets are welcome in the parade as well. 

Also, judging in the borough's first-ever Halloween house decorating contest is taking place Monday and Tuesday.

Need more info/instructions? Check the Halloween Parade website. 

Curfew is 9 p.m. on "Mischief Night" (Oct. 30) and Halloween night in Cinnaminson, Palmyra and Riverton.

New Albany Elementary and Rush Intermediate schools will have their own Halloween parades/festivities on Thursday. Parents are invited to the New Albany Halloween parade beginning at 2 p.m. (which lasts about 10 minutes) on the field in front of the school. The Rush parade begins at 1 p.m. 

Westfield Friends School (2201 Riverton Road) is open for tours and information on admissions this Tuesday. On Saturday, the school will host two performances of The Jungle Book Kids, as Moorestown Theater Company comes to town for its first-ever musical outside Moorestown—the beginning of a Drama Club at the Quaker school. Shows will be held at 2 and 7 p.m. You can buy tickets on their website.

Did we miss something happening this week? Let us know in the comments below.