Halloween

There will be a noticeable increase in New York State Police patrols and checkpoints this week for Halloween. It's an effort to curb drunk driving and increase safety for trick-or-treaters.

Thursday marks another year parents will be taking kids trick or treating on Halloween.  I'm hoping it's as fun (and bountiful) for you, as it is for them. Many parents will be racing home from work to take the kiddos out, which is a task in and of itself.  But the hard work started weeks, maybe even months ago. When the trick-or-treating is all over, you should be able to reward yourself free of

It's always weird when Halloween is on a weekday, right? Do you celebrate the weekend before or the weekend after? Well, in the Capital Region we have a ton of events going on this weekend if you need some ideas.

As you get ready to celebrate Halloween, you will also be enjoying the one day a year you can break a wacky New York state law.

There is a costume contest that could win you ten thousand dollars. The catch? You have to dress up like a real-life dilemma. Here are the details.

A local historic site is the focus of a national television show on the Travel Channel called the "Most Terrifying Places". We have actually done a haunting here and we hope they find more paranormal stuff than we did.

There are two kinds of people who decorate for Halloween: one kind who casually puts up some spider webs and the other who decorate their houses like the Pitkins.

If you plan on having trick-or-treaters come to your house this year, there are a few things you need to know about the different needs of the different children ringing your doorbell Halloween night.

It was a quiet Saturday afternoon when our doorbell rang and when we opened the door, no one was there. There were some Halloween type things left behind and apparently we had "BEEN BOOED".

If you're one of those people that have watched Hocus Pocus 20 times already this year, did you know there's a drinking game?

A few weekends ago while shopping for some Halloween stuff, I stumbled upon a mask that literally looks exactly like my dad, the venerable Papa Codes.  I totally did a double-take because for a split second, I thought it was him peering out at me from inside the rack.

If you're still looking for a costume this year, grab three of your friends because there's now a Golden Girls costume!