The Weekend Ahead: Pumpkin Park in Washington, Phillipsburg's Halloween Parade and Trunk-or-Treats Across Warren County

Good morning, Warren County. Halloween season takes over the county this weekend. Washington Borough throws a Pumpkin Park and Witches Dance on Saturday, Phillipsburg has a fall festival, two trunk-or-treats and the 44th annual Halloween Parade on Sunday, and the pumpkin and corn maze trains run out of Phillipsburg both days. For grown-ups, there's a murder mystery dinner at Four Sisters Winery, Cécilia at Roy's Hall, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in Belvidere and two Sunday afternoon jazz shows.

Friday

• Murder Mystery & Dinner, Four Sisters Winery, White Township, 6 PM. Details and tickets
• Lakota Wolf Preserve with Tamron, Lakota Wolf Preserve, Knowlton, 6 PM (also Saturday). Details
• Annie's Walk VIP Hayride and Crystal Lake Hayride, hosted by the Blairstown Diner, 6 PM. Details
• Fear Is on the Menu, Blairstown Diner. Details
• Cécilia at Roy's Hall, Blairstown, 8 PM. Details

Saturday

• Touch a Truck & Tractor Halloween Bash, Liberty Sod Farms, Great Meadows, 10 AM. Details
• The Fall Field Party, Harmony Cider Press, Harmony, 10 AM. Details
• Wildflower Folklore, White Lake Natural Resource Area, Hardwick, 10 AM. Details
• Friday the 13th Scavenger Hunt, Blairstown, 10 AM. Details
• Weathering Winter: Herbal Allies for the Cold Season, Herbalist & Alchemist, Washington Township, 10:30 AM. Details
• Pumpkin Park, Trick-or-Treating and the Witches Dance, Washington Borough, 11 AM. Details
• Soap Making, Well-Sweep Herb Farm, Port Murray, 1 PM. Details
• Fall Foliage Helicopter Ride, Alba Vineyard, Pohatcong (Finesville), 1 PM. Details
• Roast Beef Dinner, Buttzville United Methodist Church, 4 PM. Details
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Country Gate Players, Belvidere, 7 PM. Details

Sunday

• Fall Festival in Shappell Park, Phillipsburg, 10 AM. Details
• Barnyard Squatch 5K, The Barnyard Sanctuary, Hope, 11 AM. Details
• Trunk or Treat at Thomas Stewart Park, Phillipsburg, noon. Details
• 5th Annual Trunk or Treat, Newbaker Funeral Home, Blairstown, 2 PM. Details
• The Jan Findlay Quartet, The Arts at St. Luke's, Hope, 2 PM. Details
• Jazz Series: Eric Comstock Trio with Boots Maleson and Vito Lesczak, Rutherfurd Hall, Allamuchy, 2 PM. A fundraiser for the hall. Details
• 44th Annual Phillipsburg-Easton Halloween Parade, Phillipsburg, 3 PM. Expect street closures along the route; check the organizer's listing before you drive. Details
• Trunk or Treat at The Funny Farm, Port Murray, 4 PM. Details

All weekend

• The Great Pumpkin Train and The Corn Maze Train, Delaware River Railroad Excursions, Phillipsburg, Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM. Pumpkin Train · Corn Maze Train
• Fall Festival Weekends at Von Thun Farms, Washington Township, from 10 AM. Details
• Scarecrow Selfie Contest, downtown Hackettstown, through November 1. Details
• Abstract Exhibit presented by WC ARTS, Oxford, through Saturday. Details

More on the Warren County events calendar.

Around the county

• No more overdue fines in Hackettstown. The Hackettstown Free Public Library will stop charging overdue fines on most materials beginning November 1, WRNJ Radio reports. More in Business
• 7 Brew Coffee is coming to Mountain Avenue. Hackettstown's Land Use Board approved plans for the drive-thru coffee chain, according to WRNJ Radio. Three new businesses also cut ribbons on Main Street in 15 days, TAPinto reports. More in Business
• A new landmark in Phillipsburg. A new five-foot mosaic is now downtown's newest piece of public art, TAPinto reports. More in Business
• Motorcycles in Hope. Hope Township's committee discussed the Trooper Gonzalez Motorcycle Run, set for Saturday, October 24. Hope Township meeting
• Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Monday's Town Hall brief rounds up what the township committees and councils decided this week.