The Alna Store hosted its third annual Trick-or-Treat Street Halloween night. For almost two hours, Dock Road in Alna was closed off to through traffic to allow families to safely trick or treat. Parents and town residents parked their cars along the side of the road to pass out candy.
“It’s a good safe place to trick or treat as a family,” said John Hodges, who was there to trick or treat with his daughter Isabelle and hand out candy.
Alna Store owner Amy Preston started the event three years ago as a way to help Alna kids trick-or-treat safely in a rural environment. According to Preston, Alna residents had to go either to Damariscotta or Wiscasset to trick-or-treat.
This year’s Trick-or-Treat Street was initially set for the night of Oct. 30 but was ultimately postponed due to the weekend’s snowstorm. The event was eventually moved to after school on Halloween night.
Though she was nervous about at the time switch, Preston said Trick-or-Treat Street went off without a hitch.
“I was thrilled,” Preston said. “The kids had a lot of fun.”
At the end of the trick-or-treating period, a costume contest was held for all who showed up, from first time trick-or-treaters to adults. Contest winners were given prizes donated by the Alna Store and the WW&F Railway Museum.
Judges Steve Zuppa, dressed in a pirate costume that even Jack Sparrow would be envious of, Celeste Parke, and Lucy Hajdu presided over an impressive field of dragons, Batmans, and mummies.
Preston did not envy the judge’s position.
“I thought the costumes were awesome, “she said. “They get better each year.”
