"Supervisors thought Oct. 26 was too early for Halloween and made the motion to move the date back to Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m." ..........and then....
a poll was sent out to the other 821,620 resident for their feedback. NICE.

Excellent point! I am not in favor of switching to the 31st! There was nothing wrong about the Friday night before. Why change something that wasn't a problem?

As a resident of Upper Macungie I want to say Thank You for braving the throngs of people to crave convenience for themselves.
I have always disliked the idea of celebrating Halloween so far before the actual date. To me it is like celebrating Christmas on December 20th because the actual holiday falls on a Tuesday; or moving Thanksgiving to the previous Saturday to make it easier for people to travel.
You will always have someone who will not like the decision whichever way it is decided. I personally do not like the rush of sending my kids to school with their costumes, having them dress (many times with makeup), then undress to come home with a costume in a bag, rush through dinner, etc. so they can redress and put on their makeup and be out again by six. Why?
Yes this has become a holiday about the kids. I am fine with that, but let them enjoy it. It does not have to be over in one day because it is easier for some. Yes it will conflict with afterschool activities, but it does that on Friday as well. My children have sports practice on Friday and I still have meetings and events on Fridays just like any other night. Those who have older children (i.e. older siblings), the events at the high school (football games and band performances) conflict as well.
Thanks you for returning a cherished tradition of trick or treating on Halloween night to its rightful place on the calendar.

I personally enjoyed trick or treating on Friday night because there was no pressure to have the kids in bed for school the next day (or parents for work!).

I always found it odd that Halloween was conveniently "scheduled" rather than being observed on the actual date. When my kids were young enough for trick-or-treat, our neighbors often were not home on the officially mandated evening because it was a high school football night. Letting Halloween be on October 31 seems like a reasonable move. If kids can't haul in quite as much candy on a weeknight, is that really such a bad thing?

I think my sarcasm has been misinterpreted. Trick or Treat on Friday night has been a tradition for how many years now? A lot of people have planned around this only to have the brakes pulled pretty late in the game. I'm all for Trick or Treat on Fridays. There's no pressure to deal with homework or to get the kids to bed on time for school the next day. I think it's a great idea and tradition that I would like to see preserved.

Leave it on Fridays! It's so much more fun for kids!

It was a poor decision to change this and the backlash reflects that clearly.

people need to get a life, with so many violent sexual predators registered in the township why allow the precious children to come in contact with a bunch of sandusky type characters????

You people are too late. The township voted to return trick-or-treat to the 26th in the first two minutes of the meeting. The only people who spoke in the audience all wanted it on the 26th. You have called us whiners and complainers but at least we took action and made our voices heard. Now everyone can enjoy a relaxful and fun Friday night Halloween. Don't like it? Leave your lights off, the kids don't want your candy. And the next time there is a St. Patrick's Day parade on the weekend instead of the actual holiday, I guess you can complain about that too. Happy Halloween!!

Good luck, of course the fact that this isn't a small little town anymore and that the township has welcomed 10's of thousands of trucks and cars from outside the township to come here every day and the fact that these drivers are completely unaware that the children will be roaming our roads for what in their minds is no reason whatsoever doesn't result in any of them being injured or killed. But do make sure that it is convenient for the parents.

Yeah, I'm sure the number of deaths and injuries will be off the charts just because the calendar doesn't say the 31st. If anything, "convenience" will allow parents to be with their children more. My children would not be "roaming our roads" regardless of the day of the week. And for all those who think we are ridiculous for wanting it to remain on a Friday should have been at the meeting to hear about the local churches that put on events for the community because it is more "convenient" to have those types of things on a Friday and not in the middle of the week. But I guess the meeting wasn't "convenient" for your schedules.

Shame on all of you for wanting it changed. They had to clearly point out in the patch article where the child was hit that it was scheduled the 31st but parental complaints made the township change it, almost makes it as if they are pointing guilt regardless of a teen that died and an SUV driver that was involved in it.