Valley Arts Council plans Halloween festivities on Derby Green

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
DERBY — The Valley Arts Council invites residents to kick off their Halloween on the Green.
On Oct. 22, the council is sponsoring its first “ultimate pumpkin-carving contest,” President Rich DiCarlo said last week.
“This will be a no-holds barred, anything goes competition for all ages,” he said. Contestants need to bring their pumpkins already carved.
The jack-o’-lanterns must be illuminated, he said, with either a battery-powered candle or a tea light candle and contestants have to leave it on the Green all evening.

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