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Nov. 1 is a magical, mystical night in our household. It's the night when the little-known Candy Fairy pays a visit to our home and replaces large bags of Halloween candy with toys.  ...

Credit Ben Gross

  Candy buyback programs have been becoming more and more popular in recent years, offering parents a way to keep the kids’ cavities to a minimum. Since 2004, Operation Gratitude has...

Credit Rebecca Kahlenberg

Begun as a way to get candy out of the house, Treats-4-Troops has become a community-wide post-Halloween candy collection project in the Washington region. It was started in 2007 by ...

Credit Esther French

Hurricane Sandy brought an untimely end to the Halloween-themed train and carousel at Wheaton Regional Park. Due to damage from the storm, rides on the 'Haunted Train' and 'Creepy Ca...

Credit Jean Winegardner

Last Halloween, my kids were happily trick or treating when we happened upon neighborhood friends of ours who were doing the same. Hooray, right? Wrong. One of the kids was wearing a Gh...