Special Athletic Complex Meeting, Memorial Walkathon This Week

Special Hanover Park Regional School Board Meeting: The Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the district offices at Hanover Park High School to continue discussing input from a public hearing last week on plans to overhaul the athletic facilities at the district's two high schools, and possible revisions to the plans.

The improvements are expected to cost around $20 million, and the board is aiming to advance a referendum on the project in time for a March 12 vote, asking voters whether or not the district may borrow the money for the project.

The meeting is open to public and will include an opportunity for public comment.

WAMFEST: Fairleigh Dickinson University’s WAMFEST (The Words and Music Festival) .

The lineup includes Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme (director of "Silence of the Lambs" and "Philadelphia"), three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, celebrated graphic historian Chip Kidd, the talented and influential musicians Donald Harrison Jr., Ben Allison, Steve Slagle, and Dave Stryker, and other performers.

Hanover Park Blood Drive: A blood drive will be held in the gym at the high school from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Walk-ins are welcome.

Spooky Halloween Maze: Halos for Angels Inc. presents Fright Factor: Florham Park's Ultimate Pathway to Terror at the Chase Bank, 186 Ridgedale Ave., every Thursday through Sunday night in October. From 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., attendees can walk through the spooky Halloween maze. On Saturday and Sunday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. there will be not-so-frightful, kid-friendly tours with face painting. Admission is $10 per person to benefit Halos for Angels Inc.

Ralph Politi Jr. Memorial Walk-a-Thon: Event scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Lurker Park in East Hanover will raise money to benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Hanover Park Softball, in memory of a Hanover Park Board of Education member who was killed by an alleged drunk driver on Ridgedale Avenue earlier this year. The fee is $20 for adults and $10 for children under 7. Activities include bobbing for apples, face painting, pumpkin painting and music. The best Halloween costume in each age group wins a prize. Register online at ehsoftball.com