Preparations start today for the upcoming Trunk or Treat at Newton’s Maytag Park. Newton’s Parks Operations Assistant Superintendent Jamie Murphy is putting up the Halloween displays in the park for Nightmare in Maytag Park Trunk or Treat Thursday, October 30th.

“We have close to 30 businesses this year that will have their trunks open, and you can come and get all kinds of candy. The Kiwanis loop of the park will be decorated with Halloween decorations.”

The Maytag Park event will be open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. October 30th, which is also Beggar’s Night in Newton. The Beggar’s Night hours are 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Murphy says on November 3rd she will take down the Halloween displays at Maytag Park, and start preparing for the approximate 400 Christmas displays that will be up from the Saturday after Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day.