AT LAST: You Can Trick or Treat in Pine-Richland!

It's been a long time coming ... or so it seems to anyone who loves Halloween.

Finally, princesses, zombies, little pumpkins, ghosts and all kinds of costumed creatures may go door to door from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

The trick-or-treat hours were changed from Oct. 31 after weather forecasters warned that Hurricane Sandy's rain and winds could wreak havoc in western Pennsylvania.

Northern Regional Police Chief T. Robert Amann announced the change Monday morning after consulting with township managers.

The changed date also applies to Marshall Township and Bradford Woods, which are served by Northern Regional.

Although communities in the northeastern U.S. still are experiencing power outages and struggling with the aftermath of Sandy, the Pine-Richland community dodged a bullet.

The winds and rains came and went without causing major problems.

Pine-Richland Patch encourages kids and adults to take photos of themselves in their costumes and enter them in Patch's best Halloween Costume Contest for a chance to win $5,000.

Click on this link to go to the contest article and upload your photos there.