Our Town’s 21st Annual Ghost Village Road

Photos by Joanne A Calitri

The 21st Annual Ghost Village Road event took place with much enthusiasm, pomp, and costuming this year! The hallmark of the event is the amazing support of the Coast Village Road realtors, restaurants, shops, and banks in great Halloween costumes and spirits serving up treats and entertainment, especially the teams at Lucky’s, Jeannine’s, Dan Encell’s Berkshire Hathaway, Compass, Sotheby’s, Village Properties, Montecito Bank & Trust, and Richie’s Barber Shop. A shoutout to the shops at the Montecito Country Mart as well.

Top costumes always emulate the year’s movie trends, and the top contender was Mattel’s Barbie and Ken, followed byMarvel Comics superhero Spiderman, the Guardians of the Galaxy peeps, the Royals, Wednesday Adams, witches, fairies, princesses, dinosaur puffer costumes, ninjas, Star Wars, and fairytale characters.

A huge round of applause for all the parents that shepherded the large groups of kids direct from our local schools, all of whom represented: MUS, Laguna Blanca Lower School, Crane Country Day School, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and Cold Spring School, and private schools in our neighboring towns.