Since Northampton Township doesn't schedule trick-or-treating dates or times for the community, it is up to the individual neighborhoods and streets to decide what to do about Halloween this year.
Since many areas are still without power, some residents have said that neighborhood associations might not be able to get the message out to the community. It may just be up to whether parents want to take their children house to house.
If you're area is still planning on having trick-or-treating tonight, or if it's being rescheduled for another date and time, let us know in the comments so Patch can help spread the word.
PECO reported that we still had 9,000 homes without power. Despite great round-the-clock efforts by our Police and Public Works personnel, and PECO crews, the storm damage has been too extensive and widespread. We still have trees lying against live power wires, and dangling transformers that PECO crews have yet to reach. PECO has advised that 85 to 90% of the remaining homes will not come back on-line until Thursday and/or Friday. Our neighbors on short spur streets and isolated cul-de-sacs may not have power until after the weekend. While roads are now passable, there remains much tree and other hurricane debris strewn in yards that our residents understandably have not had time to remove. And with many neighborhoods without street lights to begin with and now no or little accessory lighting available by our homeowners, it creates an unacceptable hazard for our Trick-or-Treaters, especially the younger ones but also the older children who otherwise often move across unlit yards which are now strewn with tree debris that poses unacceptable tripping hazards. It was for these reasons that it was deemed best to postpone Trick-or-Treat until this Saturday Nov. 3rd between 2 and 6 pm.
And trick-or-treating has been reschedule for next Wednesday, Nov. 7. This has been confirmed by the township manager.
http://northampton.patch.com/articles/trick-or-treat-activities-postponed-until-wednesday-nov-7