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Trick or treat? We hope you choose treat, because, boy, do we have a treat for you. Dozens, actually. Pack up the family vehicle for a weekend in the Central New York Region and we’ll show you a ghostly good time...
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Experience the village of Cooperstown's eerie history with a Cooperstown Candlelight Ghost Tour. Listen to stories about haunted houses and ghostly sightings in the area. |
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Stop by the Fall Fun Festival during the month of October at Fort Rickey Zoo in Oneida County for hands-on family activities, such as a hay bale maze, pumpkin painting, pedal tractors, an oat-filled activity station, pony and wagon rides, and the list goes on. |
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Get carving at the Pumpkin Festival at the Hiltebrant Recreation Center in Old Forge, Herkimer County, on October 29. We’re talking pumpkin carving, face painting and haunted hayrides. |
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For a ghostly encounter, check out the 29th Annual Halloween at Howe Caverns on October 28. Some of the special attractions include a mob of Zombies walking through the Halloween-themed scenes in the caves, making the 156-foot descent an adventure to remember, plus lit up Jack-o-Lanterns to light the way. |
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 Madison County is the ideal family-friendly place to celebrate fall to the fullest. Critz Farms, for example, offers a Fall Harvest Celebration each year showcasing special events and festival activities every weekend, including: a giant corn maze, live music and entertainment, hayrides to the apple orchard and pumpkin field, pick-your-own apples or pumpkins, the kiddie corral and Slide Mountain Playground, the Cow Train Ride for Kids and the new Harvest Moon Cidery. At Golubs Our Farm, there’s a petting zoo, horse rides, a corn maze, hayrides and a large pumpkin-throwing catapult – the infamous trebuchet, "Boris!"
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Events
October 7-10
Balloons and Bounty in Madison County
October 22
Broome County Ethnic Festival in Greater Binghamton
October 28-29
Norwich Pumpkin Festival in Chenango County
Did You Know?
The Eaton Center in Chenango County is what some have described as utterly unexplainable. How so? Well, the place has been said to be laden with paranormal activity, ranging from fierce growling noises from the spirits of dogs who were tested on in the old laboratories of the building during the 1940s and 50s, to roaming spirits of construction workers who perished laying the building brick by brick many decades ago. There is said to be the eerie sense that you are simply not alone when you are on the premise.
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