Rockville-based Goodwill Industries International Inc. is using the video release of a spooky film to promote its more than 3,200 stores as a source for clothing to make halloween costumes. Goodwill is partnering with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the release of the ...

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The Halloween spike in candy sales should be especially good for chocolate products, according to Rockville-based market research firm Packaged Facts. Last year, sales of seasonal Halloween chocolate candy reached $217 million, up 12 percent. That growth outperformed purchases of ...

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The Maryland Science Center in Baltimore invites you to punctuate the end of Halloween with a Pumpkin Smash. The museum is offering reduced admission prices Friday for visitors bringing leftover jack o’ lanterns to smash. The pumpkins will be dropped ...

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With Halloween approaching, some Baltimore businesses are getting spooky.

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SALISBURY — The tiny Maryland town of Henderson has put Halloween back on after canceling it, and others are shuffling plans as they recover from superstorm Sandy. Mayor Sandy Cook had canceled the activities on Wednesday, but reinstated trick-or-treating when ...

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When October rolls around every year, most people follow the same routine: stock up on candy and adorn the porch with an excellent pumpkin. It’s relaxing, festive.

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I took a long walk through my neighborhood over the weekend. Many of my neighbors still have Halloween decorations on their lawns. I saw fake spider webs, witches, ghosts, tombstones and signs posted warning passersby of vampires, mummies and goblins. ...

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Happy Halloween! Here’s a few legal items to chew on until the trick or treatees arrive. Former Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar may have revealed too much. Federal prosecutors oppose delay in the “Fatal Vision” case. Will the victim ...

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Matthew P. Woods was sitting in his Towson law office in March 2007 when a scary story came across his desk. There were no ghouls, vampires or undead serial killers involved, but enough questions of liability to send chills down ...

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Halloween celebrations are an annual tradition for malls nationwide, but as business establishments malls face a higher standard of premises liability than homeowners. Handing out candy, as Hunt Valley Towne Center did Friday, is unlikely to cause much trouble. Steven ...

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