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HAUNTED HAPPENINGS
10/16/2008 01:00 AM EDT

Nick McLaughlin gets a scarecrow ready as part of last year’s Haunted Tunnel at Slater Park in Pawtucket.
The Providence Journal / Bob Thayer
HAUNTED HAPPENINGS
Ballard Park Pumpkin Tour (5th annual), Wickham Road, Newport. 619-3377, www.ballardpark.org. Evening tour along the nature preserve with 1,000 carved jack-o-lanterns. Sat 4:30-9:30 pm. Bring a flashlight. Free.
Bark at the Moon, River Point Park, 106 Hay St., West Warwick. 823-8851. Junk Yard Dog hay rides, River Walk doggie hike, bobbing for bones, blessing of the canines, Halloween doggie parade, doggie limbo and more. Sun 4-9 pm. $5 admission. All proceeds benefit homeless animals. Little Rhodie Bully Bred Club and West Warwick Angels event.
Factory of Terror, corner of Pearl and Spring Street, Fall River. www.factoryofterror.com. Thu, Sun 6:30-10 pm, $17; Fri-Sat 6:30-11 pm, $20; $12 under age 10.
Field of Screams, 179 Plain Meeting House Rd., West Greenwich. 884-7369; www.hauntedhayride.net. Psycho House of Horrors, Silver Load Ghost Town (haunted hayride), Area 51 Toxic Dump (4-D haunted maze). $15 includes all attractions. Thu, Sun 6:30-9 pm; Fri, Sat 6:30-10 pm.
Haunted Corn Maze, Vadenais Farm, 65 Pine Swamp Rd., (Rt. 14), Cumberland. Fri-Sat, dusk-10 pm. $10. Weather permitting.
Haunted Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, One School St., Foxboro. (508) 543-2787, ext. 4. Meet ghosts, monsters, goblins and all the things of your worst nightmares and discover the theater’s darkest secrets. Fri-Sat 7-10:30 pm., Sun 7-10 pm. $10, tickets available at the door. For ages 10+.
Haunted Tunnel and Pumpkins in the Park, Daggett Farm, Slater Park, Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket. 728-0500, ext. 252. Haunted Tunnel is recommended for ages 10 and above. Pumpkins in the Park is a family-friendly event. Fri-Sat 6:30-9 pm. $5, free under age 12.
Spooky Zoo Sundays, Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence. 785-3510, 751-0203 (TDD), www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org. Trick-or-treating, storytelling, creepy crawly critter encounters, costume parade, Halloween activities. Sat-Sun , 10 am-3 pm. Activities included in zoo admission of $12, $8 seniors, $6 ages 3-12, free under age 3; age 12 and younger in costume are half price.
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