John Bendall owner of Re/Max Classic Group highlights some fun fall activities for this weekend.

The leaves are changing, the air is finally feeling crisp, Halloween is just around the corner, and there are lots of fun fall activates in Central New Jersey.  Check out one, or a whole bunch of the following and have a great weekend!

Nature of Halloween
6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26-28. Includes Halloween entertainment, educational night walk, crafts and refreshments. $4.

Somerset County Park Commission
190 Lord Stirling Rd
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Phone: 908-766-6471

11th Annual Haunting of the Vermeule Mansion
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 26; kiddie haunting 1-3 p.m. Oct. 27. Refreshments will be available. $7; $5 ages 5 to 12; $3 children younger than age 4. Wear a Halloween t-shirt for $1 off admission. Proceeds to benefit the preservation and restoration of the Vermeule Mansion.

Vermeule Mansioncorner of Greenbrook Road andClinton Ave.
North Plainfield

War of the Worlds Radio Theatre Halloween Celebration to benefit the David Sarnoff Library
2-8 p.m. Oct. 27. The martians are coming to Grovers Mill! Hear more with the theatrical presentation of Orson Welles’s historic radio broadcast of 1938, staged with the Hunterdon Radio Theatre and New Jersey Antique Radio Club to benefit the David Sarnoff Library in Princeton, NJ. The broadcast will be presented by actors using authentic 1930’s microphones and radios. Join us to hear what sent panicked people fleeing to the streets to escape the aliens. Celebrate Halloween weekend with the martians.

Sarnoff Corporation
201 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08540Sarnoff Corporation Auditorium, Princeton

Halloween Laser Show
9 p.m. Oct. 27. Laser show includes such tunes at "Puper People Eater," "Spirits in the Material World," and music by They Might be Giants. $5.

Raritan Valley Community CollegeRoute 28 and Lamington Road
North Branch, NJ 08876
Phone: 908-526-1200

Howell Living History Farm
Owned by Mercer County and operated by Mercer County Park Commission
Howell Farm’s 11th Annual Corn Maze. The maze includes a kids hay bale maze, pumpkin patch, hay rides, food tent, gift shop & more! Saturdays September 15 - November 10 and Sundays September 16 to November 4, 2007. Admission; Adults & Children ages 13 & up: $8.00; Children ages 5 to12: $6.00 (ages 4 and under, free). Group Rates for 20 or more, pre-paid (call for details) Private Events (call for details). There is no admission fee for the Howell Farm itself, located about a mile from the maze up Valley Road.

Howell Living History Farm
101 Hunter Rd. Titusville, NJ
609-737-3299

Schaefer Farms
Features friendly farm animals and a tour of the educational barn, a corn maze pumpkin picking with free hay ride with the purchase of a pumpkin. Weekends & Holidays From September 29 thru October 28, 2007.

Schaefer Farms
1051 County Route523 Flemington NJ(908) 782-2705

New Jersey Creative Halloween Costume Contest
10 a.m. Oct. 27. Original and pattern designed costumes will be judged. Everyone gets a goodie bag.

Fabricland
855 US Highway 22
North Plainfield, NJ 07060Phone: 908-755-1579

A Miller’s Halloween
1 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 27. While touring the gristmill, look out for skeletons, spooks and surprises. Also includes pumpkin decorating, Halloween scavenger hunt and other games. $3; $2 seniors; $1 children.

Coopers Mill
County Route 513
Chester Township

Halloween Fun
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Costumed docents will greet visitors at the door. Activities includ story telling, play acting, face painting and crafts. Refreshments will be served. $3.

Miller-Cory House Museum614 Mountain Ave
Westfield, NJ 07090Phone: 908-232-1776

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