Fur-ight Night: Acadia Vet Hosts Pet Costume Contest: There’s some Purr-anormal Activity in Bar Harbor This Halloween
Plus, updated list of Halloween events!
BAR HARBOR—Acadia Veterinary Hospital is sponsoring a costume contest for your pet.
Yes, your pet.
Halloween hijinks is going animal this year with a costume contest for local pups, cats, turtles and well, whatever pet you can wrangle into a costume.
“We just want to have some holiday fun sharing the love of our pets,” said Lindsay Chaloux, Acadia Veterinary Hospital veterinary technician.
Only one photo per family can be submitted by email or text to the animal clinic and the deadline is 3 p.m. on October 31.
You can send your picture via text to 207-288-5733 or you can email it to acadiavh@yourvetdoc.com
There’s also a wickedly cool pumpkin contest going on where the staff of Acadia Veterinary Hospital have stepped away from the fur and fangs and put their creative juices to work on pumpkins.
Two contests at once might seem daunting, but it’s really part of spreading the cheer for the hospital.
“We wanted people to be able to enter the costume contest from the comfort of their own home, but also vote on the pumpkins in the office when they are already here for their appointment, picking up meds or even waiting on lab results,” Chaloux said.
Visitors to the clinic at 21 Federal Street in Bar Harbor can write on a sticky note and drop it into the clinic’s PAWSITIVE vibes bucket, which is orange, of course, and has some cute little paws prancing all around it.
The prize winners will be announced on Facebook. The winner of the costume contest will be getting a pet portrait made to hang in their home.
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Halloween events have commenced!
We’ve been pretty constantly updating a separate article for those of you who are focused on the fights and delights going on around Mount Desert Island.
We’ll be updating this pretty steadily as we learn of more events. Those updates will be on our website here. If you don’t automatically see them, just go to the search option (a magnifying glass) on the top-right corner and type Halloween!
TRICK OR TREAT THIS HARBOR-WEEN IN SOUTHWEST HARBOR!
These businesses and organizations are hosting all sorts of Harbor-Ween events.
One event, a Halloween Dance at the Next Level Sports Lounge is November 1.
LEDGELAWN INFO!
For those of you who head to Bar Harbor to trick or treat, Sgt. Soren Sundberg says that the police department will close Ledgelawn Avenue again this year, Friday, October 31, for Halloween. The road will be closed to vehicle traffic from around 3:30 pm to 8:30 p.m. for the safety of pedestrians.
You can leave candy at Hannaford to help the residents of Ledgelawn out.
OCTOBER 25 and 26 - Fright Night
OCTOBER 26 — Howl-O-Run
Howl-O-Run is being held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 26, at Marlboro Beach in Lamoine. All the proceeds will support the animals in the SPCA’s care. The event’s presenting sponsor is the Maine Community Foundation’s Mimi Fund.
For more information about the race or to find out how you can become an event sponsor, contact race organizer Jamie O’Keefe at 207-299-8732 or jamieokeefe67@gmailcom. To register or become a sponsor online, visit spcahancockcounty.org/howl-o-run-2025
OCTOBER 29 — Two Sentence Horror Story
OCTOBER 30 — Birch Bay Retirement Village Trail of Treats
Trick or Treat at Birch Bay Retirement Village on Thursday, October 30, from 4:30–6:00 pm! MDI Hospital and Birch Bay Retirement village staff welcome our community to attend this fun and safe Halloween celebration. Enjoy trick or treating while taking in the stunning views of Frenchman Bay!
OCTOBER 30 — YMCA Trunk-or-Treat
OCTOBER 31 — A Haunted Hall!
OCTOBER 31 — The Ivy Manor Inn’s Halloween Party
BAR HARBOR—The Ivy Manor Inn in downtown Bar Harbor is having a Halloween Party again this year!
There will be drinks and snacks, Halloween music, and a costume contest with prizes! It’s from 5 p.m.- 9 p.m. on October 31 with the costume contest winner being announced at 7 and it’s open to the spooky public. :) Backup location in case of bad weather will be at William’s on the Green in the Acadia Hotel.
OCTOBER 31 — SOMESVILLE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES
OCTOBER 31— Halloween at Bass Harbor Library
OCTOBER 31— Book Trick or Treat
OCTOBER 31 — TRICK-OR-TREAT AT PARADIS ACE HARDWARE!
OCTOBER 31 — NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE HALLOWEEN TREAT TRUCK
OCTOBER 31 - TRAIN FOR TRICK-OR-TREAT
OCTOBER 31 — BAR HARBOR HALLOWEEN BAR CRAWL
Meet at Thirsty Whale at 7 p.m. and go from there ! Wear your best spooky costume and let’s make this night a THRILL. More information here.
OCTOBER 31 - ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
If you have an event we’ve missed, just let us know by hitting the “send a message” button below. We’ll add it here and in THINGS TO DO, which comes out on Mondays.