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Scenes from a Springfield Halloween
After lifting of controversial school costumes ban and with much of town without power, Halloween went ahead mostly as usual.
It was a dark and stormy night—two days before this story begins.
Springfield celebrated Halloween 2011 against a backdrop of controversy and emergency conditons.
Elementary school children had been told previously that their schooltime Halloween parties would have to be celebrated , only to have the .
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Trick or Treating was made a more treacherous proposition than usual with many homes and several streets featuring following the freak of the previous weekend.
Nonetheless, the ghoulish holiday spirit was evident. A smattering of candy-seeking revelers were seen on the snow lined streets near dusk, and elementary school children packed the for the Springfield Recreation Department's .
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