To the Editor:

On behalf of the Potsdam Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s Fright Night a fun and safe evening for our community.

Our Chamber board members, Events & Festivals Committee and volunteers gave their time and energy to make the event possible. We are also grateful to Abigail Whitehall of JobsRUs, Kassie Rogers and the Best Western Potsdam University Park Inn, Brooks Washburn and Amanda Wright of Market Square Mall, the Potsdam Police Department, the Potsdam Fire Department and the Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Thank you to Leonard Nesbit and Jason Snyder for creating the Haunted Hallway, to the Village of Potsdam for the beautiful banner over Raymond Street, and to Brian Barrett and the Department of Public Works crew for their help with event preparations and road closures.

A special thank-you to art teachers Meghan Higham and Miranda Brosell and the students from Lawrence Avenue Elementary School and A.A. Kingston Middle School. Their Fright Night artwork added wonderful Halloween color to downtown, and we appreciate the businesses that displayed their creations.

We also thank BB9.3 for broadcasting live, the Wicked Witches of Norfolk for their special performance, The Third Wheel Pottery Studio for its pumpkin-magnet activity, and Katie’s Kitchen and The Happy Hive for serving families throughout the evening. Thank you as well to the downtown businesses that opened their doors and welcomed trick-or-treaters.

Most of all, thank you to our generous candy sponsors: KeyBank, Jazzercise Potsdam, Community Performance Series, North Wind Heating & Cooling LLC, The Bicknell Corporation, Adirondack Regional Federal Credit Union, FD Trucking and Materials LLC, Katie’s Kitchen, The Happy Hive LLC, Nick Rycroft and Adirondack FCU.

Thank you to every organization and group that decorated a trunk or hosted a table. Your creativity, generosity and welcoming smiles made the evening special for so many local families.

Thank you as well to the families who joined us. Seeing our downtown filled with costumes, laughter and community spirit made all the hard work worthwhile.

Fright Night shows what can happen when businesses, organizations, volunteers and residents work together. We are fortunate to be part of such a generous and supportive community.

Melanie Flack
Executive Director
Potsdam Chamber of Commerce