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These ghouls must’ve been too busy haunting or pulling hair-raising pranks to update their countdown to Halloween trick or treat, which, as of today, is just two days away.

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Afternoon sunshine illuminates the red eyes of a beastly figure at the corner of Murtland and Locust avenues in Washington. The skeletons trying to corral the beast appear to be draggin’ their dragon.

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Like a scene from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” this threesome watches a cauldron bubble, bubble, toil and trouble along East Beau Street during fine late October weather. If only the outlook for Thursday night’s festivities were a tad better...