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Boo! Halloween gets an early start in Acton Center

The Acton Chamber of Commerce and local shops didn’t make trick-or-treaters wait for the 31st.

Optician Madison Gagne of Acton Optical greets a trick-or-treating pirate during the early Halloween festivities.

Kids and their families got a head start on Halloween last week, heading to Thoreau Street in classic and creative costumes to trick-or-treat in the business district courtesy of the Acton Chamber of Commerce and local shops.

The town’s suggestion for trick-or-treating hours tonight is 5 to 8 p.m.

Photos: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge

Dressed as a butterfly, Isabel Drazen, 6, of Acton, and her sister Lily, 8, as an “evil fairy,” make their way from Walden Pediatrics to the Harlow Salon.
Sadie Holt-Ni, 3, of Carlisle, hit Thoreau Street with prehistoric flair.
They get around (when there’s candy): Beach Boys Finbar and Owen Sullivan of Lincoln collect goodies from Rebel and Rose Beauty House.
Dressed as a pumpkin, Emma Reiser, 2, of Acton, travels down Thoreau Street. Also in the stroller was her sister, Sophia, 1, who was dressed as a lamb.
The Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein himself, Natalie and D.J. Nat, with their twins Oliver and Evelyn, 1, and nephew Zach Fredette, 8, in yellow. Natalie, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was visiting her sister, Erin Fredette of Carlisle.
Whooooo’s under there? A ghost makes its spectral way down an alley.

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