On Saturday, September 10th, Play With This Toys & Collectibles held their annual Merchantville Toy and Collectible Street Fair along Park Avenue from Center Street to Maple Avenue, where they were packed with 75 venders of toys, collectibles, art and fun. Hundreds came out and enjoyed the hunt for characters from Ghostbusters to Star Wars to Spiderman and much more! Play With This Toys and Collectibles is located at 19 West Park Ave. in Merchantville. Store hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, call owner Scott Talis at (856) 320-6163.

Join us at the Witch's House - on the corner of Park Avenue and Centre Street - for Spooky Story Time, every Friday in October from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Gather round and listen to Halloween stories and scary tales read by your favorite teachers, councilpersons and police officers. Thank you to the Camden County Library Merchantville branch for sharing some spook-tacular book selections!

Aunt Charlotte's Candies has been working very hard to get our Halloween and Fall candy made. The store looks amazing come in and look around and get yourself a candy apple and a few more treats! Aunt Charlotte's Candies has been making delicious candy in Merchantville for four generations. The store has changed its look several times since it's beginning in 1920. One thing that hasn't changed is the amazing confections behind its doors. Their delicious chocolates are manufactured on the second floor. Through all the years of progress, Aunt Charlotte's superior quality and personal service have been maintained. Today, third generation owners, Randy Susan Oakford and Penny Oakford Trost are joined by the fourth generation Ryan Trost in continuing this high standard of excellence. Each holiday has its feature candy that brings people from far and wide along with a nice selection of giftware for all occasions. You’ll never leave empty handed or without something special. As their slogan implies, there is "Delight in Every Bite".

Who else is getting excited for fall? With a slight chill in the air today it got us in the mood to start sharing some of what we have in store for you next month! To start, we just wanted to remind everyone we’ll be offering a weekly market, running every Friday in October from 5:00-9:00 p.m. We’ll have alternating craft and artisan vendors in addition to a couple local farms and some of our downtown shops. Keep and eye out for entertainment, craft and activity announcements plus more event highlights as we get closer to Monsterville! This week, on October 7th, enjoy a paint and take pumpkin craft, while supplies last!

COMING THIS WEEK to 20 Monsterville doors near you is a "You've Been BOO-ed!" bag filled with SPOOK-tacular treats! These Boo bags will be the kick-off to this community activity that spreads magically from house to house across our little hamlet. First one neighbor, then another and, before you know it, it's your house! Welcome to the wonderful world of Halloween BOO-ing. This secret tradition of friendly community fun surprises neighbors, friends or family with a treat bag that you make and leave at their door. Halloween BOO-ing begins when one neighbor secretly leaves a small treat bag, a BOO-ed poem, instructions and sign at a neighbor's doorstep. The lucky BOO-ee is asked to post the sign at their door, alerting others that "We've Been BOO-ed!" In turn, that friend or neighbor is asked to BOO two other households, creating a chain reaction of Halloween fun. Day by day, the BOO-ed signs mystically multiply and... before you know it the entire neighborhood is sporting "We've Been BOOed" signs, and guessing who gifted them! Anyone who needs copies of the BOO-ed poem, door sign or instructions can pick them up weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at Monsterville Borough Hall. If you don't choose to participate, no worries, just pass your bag along to a neighbor!