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City of Glendale cancels previously scheduled trick-or-treating this Halloween

Posted at 7:48 PM, Oct 19, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-19 21:03:42-04

CITY OF GLENDALE — The City of Glendale has canceled its previously scheduled trick-or-treating hours over COVID-19 concerns.

The city's Common Council voted 5-1 Monday evening to take up the recommendation from the North Shore Health Department to not hold the event, Mayor Bryan Kennedy wrote in a post to social media.

The CDC has recommendedmunicipalities to avoid holding the beloved event in a traditional sense, warning that the close contact and sharing of food required in trick-or-treating may hasten the spread of the coronavirus.

Click here to see trick-or-treating hours (or those that have been canceled) in southeastern Wisconsin.

Trick-or-treating was originally scheduled from 1-4 p.m. on Oct. 31 for Glendale.

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