When Is Trick-or-Treating Tonight in Your Town?

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Today is Halloween. Are your ghouls and ghosts ready for a night of trick-or-treating?

Before you send out your costumed kids on their candy-collecting forays, consult the list below to verify suggested trick-or-treating hours in your hometown.

Trick-or-Treating Hours Across Massachusetts

Amesbury: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Andover: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Ashburnham: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Athol: 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
Auburn: 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
Ayer: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Boxford: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Boylston: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Charlton: 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Chelmsford: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Danvers: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Dracut: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Dudley: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Dunstable: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
East Brookfield: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Fitchburg: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Gardner: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Georgetown: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Groton: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Hardwick: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Holden: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Hubbardston: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Hull: 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
Lawrence: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Leicester: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Lowell: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Lunenburg: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Merrimac: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Methuen: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Newbury: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
North Andover: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Oakham: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Paxton: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Pepperell: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Southbridge: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Sturbridge: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Templeton: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Tewksbury: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Webster: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Wenham: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Westford: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Wilmington: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Worcester: 5 p.m.-8 p.m.

CBS News Boston noted that Boston has not set any hours for trick-or-treating, but Boston police said in a blog post that "ideally, trick-or-treating should go no later than 8:30 p.m."

The Worcester police department has shared the following trick-or-treating safety tips: