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EVENTS
An escape room, open mic, the paranormal and more are at Hackley Public Library this month! Plus live music, story times, classes, crafts, book club, writing group -- discover it all at HPL.

FESTIVAL
Ready, set, roll! Get ready to unleash your rolling pumpkins down Dowling Street Hill in downtown Montague for the 24th Annual Pumpkinfest October 12. Find out more here.

DECORATING
Fall is the time to wrap up home projects! Project #1: Finish the living room windows, with the help of Decorator Carol Beatty of Quigley Draperies. Ideas are here. VIDEO!

HOMES
How will interested buyers get in to see your home? It's called access, and it's at at the top of the list for a quality listing. Nancy Bierenga of élan Realty reveals the five levels of access.

SENIORS
Seniors and family members may be torn between receiving home care or care in an assisted living community. Kurt Sapp of Seminole Shores Living Center talks through the options.

HALLOWEEN
Buster Keaton, once again caught up in circumstances beyond his control, flees to a house haunted by crooks in 1921's The Haunted House, complete and on line here! VIDEO!

COMMUNITY
A successful Day of Caring kicked off the 2019 United Way Campaign! Christine Robere of United Way of the Lakeshore reviews this year's projects and looks ahead. VIDEO!

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LAKESHORE STAR GAZER
The stars of summer, a winter preview, three planets and a meteor shower are all in October's sky. Plus, Supervolcanoes! Astronomer Jonathan Truax is your guide. VIDEO!

HALLOWEEN
Scary Halloween cartoon fun! For October we delight in Halloween nonsense, with a haunted house and haunted ship, two spooky cartoons from the early 1930s. VIDEO!

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

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