Marshfield City Council Changes Trick-or-Treat Hours
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 -- 8:04 AM
(WDLB) -After saying last month they would not interfere with trick-or-treating activities, Marshfield aldermen are moving and lengthening the city's official trick-or-treating hours.The Common Council last night voted in favor of extending the official hours of trick-or-treating by one hour, and moving them to an earlier time slot. Instead of the traditional hours of 5:30-7:30 p.m., aldermen voted to hold trick-or-treating from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Even though he voted in favor of the move, Alderman Ed Wagner wondered why the city would have trick-or-treating at all during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Alderman Ken Bargender said allowing trick-or-treating was no different than allowing kids to go to school or daycare. City Administrator Steve Barg noted that only one neighboring community is moving off of its traditional trick-or-treating hours.
Despite a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, Alderman Tom Witzel said there's really not much the city can do. The Council also said it would not interfere with the traditions along a six-block section of West Fifth Street between Oak and Columbus Avenues, which is always a hotbed of trick-or-treating activity every Halloween. The city will again close that portion of Fifth for pedestrian-only traffic during the official trick-or-treating hours.
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