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"Trick or treat" hours in the city and Dravosburg will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, McKeesport Police Chief Bryan Washowich announced.

In Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln, North Versailles, Port Vue, Versailles, West Mifflin and White Oak, trick-or-treat hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Monday.

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Meanwhile, students at Penn State's McKeesport campus will hold a special Halloween event for local children in kindergarten through third grade.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, members of the Student Government Association at Greater Allegheny Campus will host an alternative "trick or treat" in the Student Community Center, says Linda Curinga, campus spokeswoman. The event is designed so that students can collect treats in an indoor environment away from traffic and bad weather.

It's the fifth year that Penn State students have held the event. Students in all McKeesport Area School District elementary schools were sent home with flyers about the event, Curinga says. For questions about the event, contact the Student Affairs Office at (412) 675-9493.

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'Carnegie' Ghost Screening: The Carnegie Library of Homestead is featuring a special screening of an episode of the "Ghost Hunters" TV show called "Ghost of Carnegie" this Saturday --- in the place where the "hauntings" depicted allegedly occurred.

The episode, which first aired on the SyFy Channel on Sept. 20, follows the TV show's crew as it explored the Carnegie Library and Music Hall in the middle of the night. They supposedly encountered "disembodied voices shouting frantically, doors mysteriously closing, books moving by themselves on the shelves and the voices of ladies giggling in the basement locker room long after everyone had gone home."

Two screenings will be offered Saturday, with a matinee for families at 4 p.m. and an "after dark" 7 p.m. show.

Special tours of the library basement, locker rooms, Music Hall and other sites of supposed "paranormal activity" will take place after the screenings. Cookies and refreshments for kids will be served, and wine and beer will be available for adults.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and will be available at the door. For more information, all (412) 462-3444 or visit the library's website.

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Trick, not Treat: Traffic on the Boston Bridge will be restricted Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as work on the span continues, says a district spokesman for the state Department of Transportation. Overnight closures originally planned for these nights are canceled, and the bridge will be open and unrestricted Thursday and Friday nights.

Daytime single lane alternating use traffic will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 31 through Nov. 4. No overnight closures are scheduled next week.