Passaic County Weekend, Oct. 23-25: Haunted Long Pond, BOO-mingdale, Taste of Ringwood

Good morning, Passaic County. Halloween season is in full swing. Long Pond Ironworks in Hewitt leads tonight with haunted candlelight tours, and on Saturday Bloomingdale holds its BOO-mingdale hayrides and trunk-or-treat. Saturday also brings an archaeology tour beneath Dey Mansion in Wayne, a free exhibit opening at the Passaic County Arts Center in Hawthorne and A Taste of Ringwood Downtown. Fairy Tale Forest is dressed for fall all weekend, and in-person early voting for the Nov. 3 election opens Saturday.

Friday

Long Pond Ironworks Haunted Candlelight Tour — Long Pond Ironworks, 1334 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Hewitt. A guided candlelight walk through the historic ironworks, with tales of witches, ghosts and gravediggers from the 1800s. The family-friendly tour starts at 7 PM; a scarier version for ages 13 and up begins at 8:30 PM.
All This Jazz at Rogers Hall — 7 PM, New Jersey Community Development Corporation, 32 Spruce Street, Paterson. A Hispanic Heritage Month edition of the jazz series.
Shades of Morose, Chapter 31, Ask Andy and Raincheck — 7 PM, Dingbatz, 620 Van Houten Avenue, Clifton.
Monster Scavenger Hunt — 4 PM, Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Road.
Jigsaw Puzzle Sale — 2 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Avenue. The sale picks up again Saturday at 9 AM.

Saturday

BOO-mingdale Halloween Event — 9 AM to 1 PM, Village Complex lots (police, fire and park district), Bloomingdale. Halloween tours and hayrides, games, crafts, trick-or-treating and a trunk-or-treat. Rain or shine.
Mushrooms: Food and Health — 11 AM, New Jersey Botanical Garden, 2 Morris Road, Ringwood. Ayesha Dolasa, founder of Noble Mushrooms, on cooking with mushrooms and what they do for your health.
Engineering for Children: Electrical Engineering — 11 AM, Clifton Public Library's Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road.
Rippers and Beer — noon, Rutt's Hut, 417 River Road, Clifton. Ghost Hawk and Rutt's Hut pair the famous deep-fried hot dogs with beer.
Caricature Art, ages 4 to 12 — 1 PM, Hawthorne Public Library.
Archaeology Tour of Dey Mansion — 2 PM, Dey Mansion Washington's Headquarters, 199 Totowa Road, Wayne. A guided tour of what excavations have turned up at the site, with archival photos, to close out Archaeology Month.
Passaic County Arts Center Exhibit Opening — 5 to 9 PM, John W. Rea House, 675 Goffle Road, Hawthorne. Free, with light refreshments; RSVP through the listing.
A Taste of Ringwood Downtown — 6 PM, 112 Erskine Road, Ringwood. Unlimited tastings from local food vendors, with live music. Tickets are $65.

Sunday

Skylands Manor Tours — 11 AM, New Jersey Botanical Garden, 2 Morris Road, Ringwood. Volunteer docents cover the mansion's architecture and history.
Miniatures Workshop — 2 to 4 PM, Bloomingdale Public Library, 101 Hamburg Turnpike. For grades 3 to 6; registration required.
Falling Into Light, Wait To Cross, Cutting Gently and Beef Wellington — 5 PM, Dingbatz, 620 Van Houten Avenue, Clifton.

All weekend

Fairy Tale Forest Fall Fest — Fairy Tale Forest, 140 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge section of West Milford. The storybook park is dressed for fall, with seasonal treats and a Boo Clues scavenger hunt. Runs through Nov. 21.
North Jersey Card Show — Friday and Saturday, Wayne PAL, 1 PAL Drive, Wayne. Trading card vendors and collectors; all ages welcome. Doors open at 1 PM Friday.

Around the county

Early voting opens Saturday. In-person early voting for the Nov. 3 general election runs Oct. 24 through Nov. 1, Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 8 PM and Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM. No appointment is needed. State early voting information.
New in Woodland Park: iSMASH, a rage room, has opened, Hoodline reports. More in News.
Meetings next week: Little Falls holds a hearing Monday on new recreation fees, and West Milford's zoning board takes up a proposed gas station in Hewitt on Tuesday. Agendas and recaps.

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