Costumed people pass through the Halloween festivities Sunday in the Burleigh Street neighborhood of Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Amelia Murphy presents her steed during a Halloween parade Sunday at Blazing Star Stables in Monmouth. Celebrations extended across the community all afternoon with the downtown being mobbed by children at dusk. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Dog Murphy wears a tie and stands near a ghost Sunday during the Halloween festivities in the Burleigh Street neighborhood of Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A trick-or-treater walks past the cemetery on Main Street in Monmouth. Celebrations extended across the community all afternoon Sunday with the downtown being mobbed by children at dusk. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Chief Kevin Mulherin, right, and Monmouth police Sgt. Dana Wessling hand out candy Sunday in the parking lot of Cumston Hall during Halloween celebrations in Monmouth. Trick-or-treating transpired across the community all afternoon with the downtown being mobbed by children at dusk. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Trick-or-treater Sophia Roney, 4, is carried by her dad, Christian, as the pair lead their family through the Halloween festivities in the Burleigh Street neighborhood of Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Trick-or-treaters descend upon Main Street during Halloween celebrations Sunday in Monmouth. Candy giveaways extended across the community all day with the downtown being mobbed by children at dusk. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Trick-or-treater Nicholas Blanchard, 2, center, can be seen through the legs of Jon Slack who walks on stilts Sunday and hands out candy outside his Waterville home. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A toy butcher knife gets the attention of a young trick-or-treater Sunday during Halloween festivities in the Burleigh Street neighborhood of Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Jeremiah Butler leads a battalion of trick-or-treaters Sunday on Main Street during Halloween celebrations in Monmouth. Candy giveaways extended across the community all day with the downtown being mobbed by children at dusk. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

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