Hundreds of kids and their costumed parents flocked to Queen Anne Avenue North for the annual merchant sponsored trick-or-treating extravaganza this afternoon.
Shoulder to shoulder on rain-sprinkled sidewalks were super heroes, animals, Transformers, ghosts, fairies, Scooby-Doos, Annies, zombies, robots, haunted hot-air balloons, gangsters, tree nymphs and disco superstars.
And state Rep. Reuven Carlyle, was there, too, along with dozens of generous store owners who reached into their own pockets to buy big bags of candy and pitch in to pay for police officers to direct the busy intersections at West McGraw Street, West Boston Street and West Crockett Street. By 5 p.m., the threat of rain subsided and candy buckets grew heavy with candy.