Town hopes to hold Halloween as Pennsylvania manhunt ends

CANADENSIS, PA -- The successful end to a seven-week manhunt for a suspected police killer means some northeast Pennsylvania children may get to celebrate Halloween in the traditional fashion after all.

Barrett Township supervisors hope to pull together a plan for trick-or-treating now that fugitive Eric Frein (freen) is in custody. Chairman Ralph Megliola (meg-le-OH-luh) expects local residents will be in the mood for celebrating Friday.

Halloween activities had been canceled amid the prolonged search for the fugitive survivalist. Frein faces charges of ambushing state police barracks Sept. 12, killing one trooper and seriously wounding another.

Residents have endured times when they weren't allowed home, school closings, road blockades and the whirl of helicopters overhead.

Helen Blackmore says people are eager to get back to normal.