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The Weekend Ahead: The Haunted Haddon Market, the Haddon Heights Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat on the Camden Waterfront

Haddon Township's Haunted Haddon Market and Brews & Boos crawl, a free movie night and Fall Festival in Haddon Heights, Camden's waterfront Trunk or Treat, and Stratford's fall festival Sunday.

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Good morning, Camden County. Halloween season is in full swing. Haddon Township opens its two-night Haunted Haddon Market tonight, and Saturday brings the Brews & Boos Crawl-O-Ween along Haddon Avenue. Haddon Heights has a big weekend too, with a free outdoor showing of The Nightmare Before Christmas tonight and its Fall Festival downtown Saturday. Camden holds its annual Trunk or Treat on the waterfront, and Stratford wraps things up with a fall festival Sunday. Here's the weekend.

Friday

  • Movies in the Park: The Nightmare Before Christmas, McLaughlin Norcross Memorial Dell, 1228 Sylvan Drive, Haddon Heights, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Camden County's free outdoor movie night comes with pumpkin decorating, snacks and refreshments. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Details
  • Haunted Haddon Market, Haddon Square, 51 Haddon Avenue, Haddon Township, 5 to 9 p.m. (and again Saturday). A Halloween makers market with local artisans, spooky vendors, a pop-up beer garden, a DJ, fire pits with s'mores, a photo booth and family activities. Details
  • Coraline Fork & Film, Home Team Tavern, 267 South Black Horse Pike, Mount Ephraim, 6 p.m. The tavern turns into Coraline's Other World for a themed dinner and screening. It's sold out, but there's a waiting list. Details
  • Election help from the County Clerk, Voorhees branch library, 203 Laurel Road, noon to 5 p.m. The clerk's office answers questions and helps with mail-in ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Details

Saturday

  • Haddon Heights Fall Festival, Station Avenue, downtown Haddon Heights, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists, craft vendors, free kids' programs, live music and food trucks. It's free. Details
  • Trunk or Treat on the Camden Waterfront, 801 Delaware Avenue, Camden, noon to 3 p.m. Mayor Victor Carstarphen and local businesses host the city's annual car-to-car trick-or-treat. Come in costume. Details
  • Brews & Boos Crawl-O-Ween, Haddon Avenue, Westmont, 2 to 10 p.m. A 21-and-over crawl with food and drink specials at nine spots, including PJ Whelihan's, Brewer's Towne Tavern, The Pour House and Reunion Hall. There's no cover, and a free jitney stops at each one and at the Westmont PATCO station. The Haunted Haddon Market is open again from 5 to 9 p.m. Details
  • Watercoloring at Evans Pond, Wallworth Park, off Bortons Mill Road, 9 a.m. to noon. The Haddonfield Water Trail Association hosts outdoor painting and drawing for all ages and levels. Bring your own supplies; a few basics are on hand. Details
  • Korean Brush Painting: Autumn Chrysanthemums, Camden FireWorks, 1813 Broadway, Camden, noon to 3 p.m. Learn brush handling, ink control and a three-tone coloring technique, and leave with your own painting. Tickets are $8. Details
  • Eamon & Nathan: Traditional Irish Tunes, Gloucester Township branch library, 15 S. Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, 2 p.m. A family concert. Details

Sunday

  • Stratford Fall Festival, 111 Warwick Road, Stratford, starting at 11 a.m. A free family festival. Event page
  • Fall Harvest Gospel Concert, Haddonfield Public Library, 60 N. Haddon Avenue, 1 to 2 p.m. Part of the library's Preserving Black Haddonfield History series, with the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Mass Choir. Registration closes at noon Sunday. Register

All weekend

The Voorhees branch library has a family movie weekend: Hocus Pocus Saturday and Hocus Pocus 2 Sunday, both at 2 p.m. Haddon Avenue in Westmont will be busy Friday and Saturday nights, so PATCO is the easy way in.

Looking ahead: the Westmont Lions' 78th Annual Halloween Parade steps off on Haddon Avenue Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Haddon Avenue closes to traffic at 6:45 p.m., and the rain date is Oct. 31. Details. Haddon Township's trick-or-treat hours are 3 to 7 p.m. on Halloween. See the full calendar.

Around the county

  • Route 70 in Cherry Hill is almost done. The $155.1 million state rebuild of nine miles of Route 70 is expected to wrap up this winter, and native perennials like black-eyed Susans, asters and daylilies are going into the median. More in Politics
  • Expungement help Monday. Camden County holds an expungement event at Rutgers-Camden, 326 Penn Street, Monday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Details
  • Next Sunday: Run the Bridge. The Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge crosses the Ben Franklin Bridge on Sunday, Nov. 1. Expect closures around the bridge that morning. Details

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