Optician Madison Gagne of Concord Optical greets a trick-or-treating pirate during the early Halloween festivities.
Boo! Halloween gets an early start in Concord Center
October 31, 2024
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 Concord 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 Concord Bridge
Dressed as a butterfly, Isabel Drazen, 6, of Concord, 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 Concord, 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.
