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FESTIVAL
Pumpkin rollers get ready to roll in downtown Montague for the 23rd Annual Pumpkinfest, October 13. Family fun! Check out all the details here.

ACTIVITIES
Zombies, Local Author Book Fair, Girls Code, live music – it's Hackley Library in October! Plus clubs, history, and kids activities are on the schedule here! VIDEO!

DECORATING
Why look at window coverings when you want to see your view? Carol Beatty, decorator with Quigley Draperies offers solutions to this window challenge! VIDEO!

HOMES
You can pay a mortgage or you can pay a landlord. Nancy Bierenga talks about putting your housing cost to work for you here in this informative article!

SENIORS
Here are five things to do to make the transition to assisted living easier for your loved one. Judith Delis addresses this common problem. Find out more here!

COMMUNITY
Nearly 400 volunteers gathered at United Way of the Lakeshore for the 25th Day of Caring in Muskegon County. Christine Robere has the details here! VIDEO!

LAKESHORE STAR GAZER
October offers stars of summer and a preview of some winter constellations rising before midnight. Astronomer Jon Truax has details here! VIDEO!

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BUSTER KEATON
It's a Halloween special presentation! Buster flees to a house haunted by crooks in 1921's “The Haunted House,” complete and online here! VIDEO!

HALLOWEEN CARTOONS
Classic cartoon nonsense for Halloween: a haunted house and a creepy crypt! Flip the Frog and more, complete and online here! VIDEO!

EVENTS CALENDAR
Don't miss a thing this summer with Muskegon County's BEST online events calendar, courtesy of Hackley Public Library!

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