Volume 17, Number 43
Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper
Spirit Halloween brings two-month boon By Daniel Jackson
you could pick up a sexy nurse costume, skeletons in plastic bags and for a Dozens of masks hung $49.99 “adoption fee,” you like def lated, shrunken could take home your very heads on the racks at own zombie baby named Spirit Halloween, a sea- “Isabella.” Weeks before, this locasonal retail superstore that dealt with every- tion on Universal Drive in thing Halloween. Here, North Haven was the location of Xpect Discounts. But the store closed and now Spirit Halloween’s banner partially covered the holes and stains where the sign “Xpect Discounts” was attached to building. By Nov. 3, with the end of the haunting season, Spirit Halloween will move out, leaving the spot vacant. Like firework store s a rou nd Independence Day a nd Christmas tree Masks hang on display inside a Spirit Halloween store. See Spirit / Special to The Citizen
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Healing garden helps survivor’s road to recovery Maura Gaffney
Special to The Citizen
Debbie Siembab has survived two back-to-back fights against breast cancer in the past 15 months. She was declared cancer free recently, yet several months of follow-up treatment are still ahead of her. Thanks to her friends and a charity called Hope in Bloom, Siembab now has a beautiful healing garden at her home to help her along the road to recovery. Siembab’s longtime friend, Maureen Mullins, read an arSee Healing / Page 24
| Photo by Maura Gaffney
Editors’ note To our readers: Every three years we need to ask you to do us a favor. It’s really easy, doesn’t cost anything and it makes all of our lives easier. Here it is: Please fill out and return the requester card inside today’s edition of The Berlin Citizen. Or you can fill it out online at www. theberlincitizen.com. If you could take a minute to do this,
& Community Costume Festival The Premier Child Care and
Debbie Siembab is pictured with her children, Alex and Amanda.
An urgent message
Grand Opening Preschool Education Available for Children Ages 6 Weeks & Up.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
it will help us a lot. Requesters save us money on postage. Since we mail a free newspaper to every home and business in Berlin each week, this adds up to a significant savings for us. Those resources can go towards serving our readers better. It is important that every resident and business submit requester information as soon as possible. We thank you in advance for sending in your requester today! — The Editors
Saturday, October 26, 10:00AM - 2:00PM
$1,000
in cash and prizes will be given away!
Children up to 6 years old must come dressed in costume to be eligible.
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