Costumed kiddies fill the streets for Trick-or-treat
Oct 31, 2021
Trick-or-treaters make their way up Church Street in Mattapoisett. Photos by: Morgan Beard
“She told me she wanted to be a banana so we had to make it happen,” said Elizabeth Bettencourt (left) of her daughter Muriel Whipple’s costume. Her brother James’ robot costume was also home made.
Mason Mendoza is on the case as Inspector Gadget
A Mattapoisett Police officer hands out candy to Kennedy (left), Piper (middle) and Griffin McKay (right)
Makayla Randall and her dog Boomer dress as Astrid and her dragon from “How to Train your Dragon”
Left to right: Porfirio Cortes as the grim reaper, Aurora Cortes as the Cheshire Cat and their mom, Erin Cortes as Russel, from “Up”
MATTAPOISETT — Trick-or-treat!
The streets of Mattapoisett were filled with ghosts and ghouls of all shapes and sizes on Sunday night, Oct. 31 as the town held its annual trick-or-treat to the delight of local children.
“It’s all about the kids and the community,” said Mattapoisett Police Chief Jason King, who was out in front of Center School handing out bags of candy and glow sticks with other officers. “There’s normally a parade and a costume contest but we haven’t been able to do that the last couple years because of covid, so we wanted to at least do something.”
King added that he hopes the festivities can go back to normal next year.
With events abbreviated this year, residents were getting the most out of Trick-or-treat, dressing up in spooky costumes and decorating their houses to welcome the sugar-hungry children.
One house on Water Street was made into Cinderella’s Castle complete with twin Cinderellas to hand out candy.
“Halloween is my favorite so we do this every year,” said Donna Downey, who was dressed as the princess version of Cinderella. “We choose a different theme every year, though.”
