NORTHVILLIANS,

• 10/30 – (Saturday) Streets of Treats Halloween event for our youth in Downtown Northville, 10:00 AM -11:30 AM. You can walk around and see our youth in costumes receiving treats from our local businesses.
   
• 10/30 – The Fall Classic Football game between Michigan & MSU will occur this Saturday (the Paul Bunyan Trophy is up for grabs), both teams Top-Ten ranked and undefeated for this match up.  These two teams haven’t met as undefeated, Top Ten teams since 1964 when our own Northvillian Steve Juday was the All-American Quarter Back for MSU…so tune in, all Northvillians, whether Green or Blue.

• Through 10/31 – “Skeletons Alive” There are Skeletons (120 of them!) on display around the Ville through Halloween.  See them all & walk about our Social District with an elixir of life in hand.
   
• Northville’s Trick or Treating – 10/31 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM), announced by the fire horn. Additionally, the Fire Department’s community open house will take place at the same time.
   
• Election Day (11/2) … Make your vote count for the City Council and Mayoral races.

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action to expand the use of a booster dose for COVID-19 vaccines in eligible populations for more than the Pfizer shot.
  • The use of a single booster dose of the Moderna vaccine has been approved that may be administered at least 6 months after completion of the primary series to individuals: 65 years of age and older, 18 – 64 years of age at risk, and 18 – 64 years of age with frequent institutional or occupational exposure.
  • The booster to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered at least 2 months after completion of the first dose to individuals 18 years of age and older.
  • The use of each of the available COVID-19 vaccine boosters as a “mix and match” booster dose in eligible individuals has been approved. (FDA)
     
• Children ages 5 to 11 may be eligible for Covid vaccines by early next month, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci (nation’s top infectious disease expert). He projected young Americans to be vaccinated with at least one dose by Thanksgiving and to be fully immunized by the holidays. An advisory panel to the FDA will consider Pfizer’s application for those age 5 – 11 this week. Children 12 and up have been eligible for vaccination since May. (The New York Times)

1908 – The Record reported that on Halloween night some young pranksters took the front steps off a residence in the Historic District, and in 1938 a sugar beet was tossed through a window in Orchard Heights.
1941 – The VFW Post planned a Halloween party at their new building on Northville Road.
1951 – Ted Simms' orchestra played for the Northville Halloween masquerade dance sponsored by the American Legion. The Free Press remarked about the “Boogie Woogie pianist.”
1953 – Another of the VFW & Foreign Legion-sponsored community Halloween dances took place at the High School gym with orchestras from all over the Detroit Area.
1956 – Halloween festivities began with hours of free movies at the Marquis Theatre (called P & A Theatre at the time). A special high school Halloween dance took place at the Community Center and 45 award-winning jack-o-lanterns from all the schools were displayed (part of the Halloween Art Show started by the Mothers Club years before).
1960 – Northville trick-or-treaters collected money on Halloween from generous local residents for UNICEF, a fundraiser sponsored by the local churches.
1969 – The Northville Fire Department had their annual Halloween event which began in 1965 & they received great recognition for this project regionally. The volunteer department of Chief Bud Hartner was on duty at the station when trick-or-treaters came around.  Northville volunteers popped corn (more than 25 pounds of it!) and hundreds of local apples were given out. John McGuire (Guernsey’s) donated the popcorn machine, Fred Casterline the apples and Mayor Allen the popcorn. This tradition has continued to today, now on its 56^th year!
1983 – Northville firefighters hosted over 1000 children at their annual Halloween Party event. Chief Jim Allen observed that “it just keeps growing.” Like Halloween in the Ville!
2010 – The Northville Record wrote about one of the local family’s (the Danol’s) themed Halloween events through the years. Jim Long, longtime downtown business owner, told the Record, “The Danols have made Halloween night in Northville special with their exhibits each year.”  The Danols started in 1998 transforming their home (like many others in town) into various Halloween themes:  Pirates of the Caribbean, The Renaissance Era, Wild West, Monster Mash, Trolls, Star Trek, just to name a few.  
2011 – The DDA debuted “Skeletons Alive” in downtown Northville with 10 skeletons to the delight of the community. This fun event continues to grow yearly, now up to over 120 skeletons, which are displayed through October 31^st.
2021 – Northville will once again close many streets for our youth to trick-or-treat and the Fire Department will be hosting their Halloween open house.  

Come enjoy some tricks and treats in the Ville and have a safe Halloween, Northvillians! And remember to get out on Tuesday, 11/2 and vote for good government locally.

This concludes our “Fall Series.” We will transition to “Remembrances in Town” over the coming weeks including Patriotism in the Ville, Veterans Day through history, Santa’s Parades in town and past Thanksgivings.  

Keep that Northville Halloween Faith!