Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and the clocks change just hours later. Here's what to know for the weekend, plus a quick fall-back to-do list. Every date and time below was checked on Oct 29.

01  Trick-or-Treat Is Sat Oct 31, 6 to 8 PM
Murrysville, Export and Delmont all trick-or-treat Saturday from 6 to 8 PM, and Monroeville keeps the same hours. Porch lights on means you're open for visitors.

02  Toddler Trick-or-Treat at Monroeville Library
Fri Oct 30, 10 AM to noon, in the Children's Room for little ones from birth to 5. Costumes welcome.

03  Export Halloween Parade
Fri Oct 30 at 7 PM downtown. Sign up from 5 PM at the Export Volunteer Fire Department, at Washington and Lincoln avenues.

04  Kids Halloween Dance Party, Greensburg
Fri Oct 30, 6 to 8:30 PM at Greensburg Hose Company No. 1, 6 McLaughlin Dr, for kids 12 and under, with face painting, treats and Jack Skellington. Tickets are $30 per family.

05  Clocks Fall Back Sunday Morning
Daylight saving time ends Sun Nov 1 at 2 AM, when clocks go back to 1 AM. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep after the big candy night.

06  Test Your Smoke Alarms While You're at It
The U.S. Fire Administration says to test smoke alarms monthly and replace 9-volt batteries at least once a year. Alarms older than 10 years should be replaced.

07  Still Want a Scare? Igor's Fright Shack
The Export home haunt opens Nov 6, 7 and 8, then Nov 13 and 14, from 7 to 10 PM at 285 Jefferson St. RSVP online to reserve a time.

Mostly sunny, high near 64, low around 36. Halloween looks dry and partly sunny with a high near 62, so trick-or-treat should be cool but dry. Clocks fall back at 2 AM Sunday. Sunday and Monday turn mild near 68, and Tuesday warms to 72.

Full Murrysville Forecast (National Weather Service)

Franklin Regional's No. 2 seeded boys shut out No. 7 Mars 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the WPIAL 3A semifinals for a fourth straight season, TribLive reports. The Panthers have now gone 18 straight games without a loss and have allowed just five goals all year.

Next up is West Allegheny on Monday, Nov. 2, a rematch of last season's championship game. Site and time are still to be announced.

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Police say there is no threat to the public after a shooting reported early Monday on Sardis Road, which they believe was an isolated incident, WPXI reports. A man found inside a car there was taken to the hospital. Police arrested a man they say is connected; he faces drug and resisting-arrest charges for now, and police say charges tied to the shooting are pending.

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Delmont's Christmas Pilgrimage is inviting families to portray the living nativity this year, and no speaking parts are needed, TribLive reports. Shifts run Saturday, Dec. 5 from 4:30 to 7 PM or 7 to 9:30 PM, and Sunday, Dec. 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM or 6:30 to 8:30 PM.

To sign up, email [email protected].

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The Murrysville Senior Center at 3091 Carson Ave. is hosting two new game clubs, TribLive reports. Mah-jongg for ages 50 and up meets at 10 AM on the first three Fridays of each month, and lessons are available; call 724-244-5781.

Cribbage for ages 45 and up meets Tuesdays from 10 AM to noon. Call 724-327-7673 for details.

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In 1933, local Boy Scouts led by Scoutmaster F. M. Sloan planted 850 Scotch and red pines on a hillside so the trees spelled out MURRYSVILLE. The sign measured about 125 by 650 feet and was said to be the largest living sign in the world. Look closely and the Y points toward the site of the old Haymaker gas well.

The trees were replanted in the 1980s, and the Sportsmen and Landowners Alliance of Murrysville cares for the sign today.

On East Pittsburgh Street just west of Spring Lane in Delmont, a rebuilt water trough marks a spring that never ran dry. In the early 1800s its water was piped in through hollowed wooden logs to refresh horses, which helped make Salem Crossroads, founded in 1814 and now Delmont, a stagecoach stop. Volunteers still care for it, so it's an easy roadside stop.

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