Get into the spooky spirit this weekend. 🍿🎃 trib.al/CsBOxrn

Need a reason to smile? Here are 11 good news stories you may have missed last week. trib.al/EVGJjY8

"Oh, s—, oh s—, I got that in video!" A dad and son fishing off the Jersey Shore last week had a very close encounter with a massive humpback whale. patch.com/new-jersey/man…

Ryder, the carriage horse who collapsed in Hell's Kitchen this summer, has died, advocates say. The Manhattan D.A.'s office is still investigating, and the Department of Health has fined Ryder's owner for misrepresenting the horse's age on two forms: patch.com/new-york/midto…

A Pennsylvania man found a kidney donor thanks to his daughter's TikTok account. patch.com/pennsylvania/w…

Nearly two dozen contacts were “essentially glued together" after sitting under the patient's eyelid for a month. trib.al/axOexWl

One Illinois high school is breaking with homecoming tradition. Now, the top two vote-getters — whether male or female — are named as royalty. 👑 trib.al/rMRe626

Winter is coming, and in some parts of the country, the snow is already falling. 🥶 patch.com/michigan/acros…

.MTA, meet NYC's biggest train system fan. patch.com/new-york/upper…

Meet Mark. He's one of our biggest fans! patch.com/new-york/upper…

At the age of 96, George Coulton is still flying high. After earning his pilot's license at age 80, he took to the skies again last week aboard a biplane for a 30-minute flight above the Delaware River. trib.al/x36jilV

What aspects of The Watcher are based in fact or fiction? Our New Jersey editors break down the new Netflix show that's based on a real-life NJ horror story. patch.com/new-jersey/wes…

Helen, the oldest-living gorilla in North America and the second-oldest in the world, died Friday. 💔 patch.com/kentucky/louis…

Feral pigs are on the loose in southern Minnesota. patch.com/minnesota/acro…

💐 Florists across the country are picking people at random and giving away two bouquets — one for them to keep and one to pass along to brighten someone else's day. It's part of the Petal It Forward campaign to spread kindness and joy. patch.com/new-jersey/poi…

Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American film star in Hollywood, will become the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency. trib.al/KbMXrzI

Be diligent and check your child's candy this year, just found a tomato pie inside a Kit Kat.

Meet the newest staff member at PrincetonK12: a fluffy, 12-week-old therapy pup named Tiger. 🥹 patch.com/new-jersey/pri…

What do you really think about the political signs staked in your neighbor’s yard? Patch readers weigh in. patch.com/us/across-amer…

Happy International Sloth Day to everyone's favorite sluggish mammal. 😍patch.com/florida/southt…