Happy fall y’all! Early voting opens this morning, the scarecrows come down next weekend, and there’s one last pumpkin to roll before November. Here’s what’s happening around the bay.

🎟 Community Events & Festival Radar

Boo Bash at the Farmers Market. The market’s Halloween Sunday, right in the middle of downtown.
Date & Time: Sunday, October 25, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Downtown New Baltimore
Fee: Free to browse

Kids Night at Chick-fil-A. Kids eat free and there’s always something going on.
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Chick-fil-A, Chesterfield Township
Fee: Free for kids with a meal purchase

Last call on scarecrow voting. Twenty-one years of scarecrows on the light posts downtown, and this is the final week to weigh in. Voting boxes are in the shops along Washington Street look for the “Vote Here” signs.
Date & Time: Voting closes Sunday, November 1
Location: Downtown New Baltimore
Fee: Free to vote

Spooky House Nominations. Spotted a house that made you slow down? Nominate your neighbor, your own place, or whatever display stopped you in your tracks. Has to be in New Baltimore.
Date & Time: Nominations open through Halloween
Location: Call New Baltimore Parks & Recreation at 586-725-0291
Fee: Free

Pumpkin Roll. Don’t throw out the jack-o’-lantern, roll it. Send it down the hill for a shot at prizes, then let the kids break in the new playground.
Date & Time: Sunday, November 1, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Maynard “Red” Aurand Memorial Park
Fee: Free, but pre-registration is required at NBrecreation.org

🚗 Worth the Drive

Adult Halloween Party at War Water Brewery. The St. Clair Chamber closes out its Halloween Nights series with the grown-ups’ night. Costumes encouraged, 21 and up.
Date & Time: Saturday, October 24
Location: War Water Brewery, St. Clair
Fee: Check with the St. Clair Chamber at 810-329-2962

Blake’s in Armada. Last weekends of haunted season. Blake’s Big Apple has zombie paintball, a haunted hayride, a wagon ride through the corn, and a three-story haunted barn. Over at the orchard and cider mill it’s apples, cider, donuts, the six-acre corn maze, and Funland.
Date & Time: Orchard & Cider Mill, Sunday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Friday and Saturday 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Big Apple, Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Friday and Saturday 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM, Sunday 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Location: 17985 Armada Center Road, Armada
Fee: Free to visit. Haunted attractions and activities are individually priced

📍 Local Civic & Roadwork Updates

Early in-person voting starts today. Chesterfield residents can cast an early ballot at the Municipal Offices through November 1, every day from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. That’s 47275 Sugarbush Road.

Jefferson Avenue is down to one lane. Bridge maintenance over Auvase Creek between 21 Mile and Cotton Road runs through October 30. Temporary signals are keeping two-way traffic moving and there’s no posted detour, so you can still get to every business and property along it, but you may want another route. Dates are estimates and weather can push them.

Pollard Park’s new playscape is almost done. The structure is up and crews are finishing details and spreading mulch. Not open for play yet, but an opening date is coming. Over at Brandenburg, a new concrete pathway is going in around the playscape to improve access.

Upcoming meetings: Township Board on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:00 PM in the Main Meeting Room at the Municipal Offices, and Parks & Recreation Commission on Wednesday, October 28 at 6:30 PM at the Community Center.

🏪 Around Town

Holiday vendors wanted downtown. The New Baltimore Business Alliance and the Farmers Market are putting together a three-day Christmas village downtown November 27 through 29, and they’re still looking for holiday vendors. Email [email protected] or text Carl at 586-242-7341.

Crafters wanted for the Holiday Craft Show. The show is Saturday, November 14, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Lighthouse Elementary, free admission for shoppers. Handmade and home-baked only, tables are first come first served at $30 for a six-foot table, non-refundable. Register at the Parks & Rec office, at NBrecreation.org, or call 586-725-0291.

Holiday photos are booking now. New Baltimore Parks & Rec has a photographer and a holiday setup for the weekend of November 14 and 15. Time slots go through the Parks & Rec sign-up page.

That’s a wrap for this week’s Anchor Bay Current. See you around town!