Communities across the region have been working for several weeks to finalize official Trick or Treat times for Halloween 2016. Calls to every community in Berrien County have produced the results you see below, and other communities have been filled in where discovered.
- Bangor — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7pm
- Baroda Village — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7pm
- Baroda Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7pm
- Benton Harbor — Mon, Oct 31st – Arts District Trick or Treating from 4:30pm to 6pm with citywide residential hours from 4:30pm to 7:30pm
- Benton Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Berrien Springs — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Berrien Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
- Bridgman — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7pm
- Buchanan — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Buchanan Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Cassopolis — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 8pm
- Chikaming Township — Sun, Oct 30th from 4pm to 6pm
- Coloma — Sat, Oct 29th In the Park from 3pm to 5pm followed by citywide from 5pm to 7pm
- Coloma Township — Sat, Oct 29th from 5pm to 7pm
- Covert Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 5pm to 6pm
- Dowagiac — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7pm
- Eau Claire — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7pm
- Hartford — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 8pm
- Lake Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7pm
- Lincoln Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- New Buffalo — Sun, Oct 30th from 2:30 to 4:30pm (parade at 1:45pm)
- New Buffalo Township — Sun, Oct 30th from 2:30 to 4:30pm (parade at 1:45pm)
- Niles — Sat, Oct 29th, downtown from 4pm to 5pm followed by citywide Trick or Treating from 6pm to 7:30pm on Monday, Oct 31st
- Niles Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Oronoko Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Royalton Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- St. Joseph — Mon, Oct 31st downtown from 4:30pm to 6pm followed by citywide from 6pm to 7:30pm
- St. Joseph Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- South Haven — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
- Stevensville — Mon, Oct 31st from 6pm to 7:30pm
- Three Oaks — Sat, Oct 29th from 4pm to 6pm
- Watervliet — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
- Watervliet Township — Mon, Oct 31st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
The Benton Harbor-St. Joseph YMCA at 3665 Hollywood Road in St. Joseph is also hosting a free Trick or Treat alternative Trunk-A-Palooza Trunk or Treat event from 3pm until 5:30pm on Saturday, October 22st with free snacks, face painting, crafts, inflatables, and fun with apples.
The Hartford Public Library is hosting the family fun, annual “Halloween Fall Festival” at the library on Saturday, October 29th from 1pm to 3pm. Games, prizes, face-painting, crafts, food and fun for children of all ages will be offered, with costumes optional. It is a free event, and there will be prizes for best costume.
Additionally, there is this note: Local Chiropractor Dr. Tara Scharich is offering her 2nd Annual Halloween Candy BuyBack event as part of Operation Gratitude, wherein trick-or-treaters aged 2 to 18 can bring in excess candy to Fully Alive Family Chiropractic and earn $1 for every pound donated up to 5 pounds, and all donated candy will be sent in care packages to troops stationed away from home. Candy will be collected at 2600 Lincoln Avenue in St. Joseph from 4pm until 6pm on both Tuesday and Wednesday, November 1st and 2nd.