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The rain and wind from Hurricane Sandy is expected to leave the DC metro area Wednesday morning, but it may be too late to save Halloween for thousands of local children. Hurricane S...

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Halloween is a week away, and pumpkins are appearing on doorsteps across the area. It's also autumn, and squirrels fattening up for the winter see those pumpkins as a prime source of...

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Update Nov. 9, 2012 -- We have selected this costume as the winner of the Best Costume in Virginia and DC.  -------  It doesn’t matter if you’re Lady Gaga or Lady Liberty...

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It's the time of year when people go out looking for things that go bump in the night.  Halloween and the weeks before it are full of local haunted houses, ghost tours and frightenin...

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Are you looking for a place to celebrate fall with pumpkin picking, corn or hay mazes, hot cider and hay rides?  We've got some great suggestions on where to celebrate fall in Northe...