My family lives in a warm climate where there are lizards out and about even at this time of year, and recently my 8-year-old ...

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N ow that the spooky season is in full swing, lovers of the macabre flock to their streaming services to binge as many horror movies and TV shows as possible before the end of October. A popular ...

A neighbor of the family killed by a Halloween night fire that destroyed their Paterson home is “devastated” that she couldn’t rescue them in time. “We tried. We tried,” said Fatima Ali, who lived ...

In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), Marion Crane looks up at the house looming in the night sky behind the Bates Motel, its hybrid New England/Victorian style oddly out of place. We’re left with the ...

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Mead Public Library and the Sheboygan Press teamed up on a scary story contest for students in grades 3-12. Seven winners were selected. Each winner will receive prizes from the library and have their ...

Though we’re all for a spooky Halloween, when you’ve got young kids (or are a bit of a scaredy cat yourself—no judgment!), it makes sense for the holiday to be more about the treats than the tricks.

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Writing a picture book isn’t easy. Some people might think it is—especially if they’ve read enough bad ones—but writing a true gem of children’s literature is exceptionally hard work. Great children’s ...

Halloween is everywhere in October: from front yards lined with skulls, to haunted attractions, to jump scares and crowded events. For some kids, it’s not fun at all. The spooky sights and sounds can ...