The North Suburban Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Halloween Parade on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The parade starts at 11 a.m. at Avalon Elementary School and travels along California and Lincoln avenues to Bayne Park in Bellevue. It is open to all North Boroughs residents.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. at Avalon Elementary. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best costumes in preschool through sixth grade, adults and combined group categories.

A fall festival will be held in Bayne Park immediately following the parade.

Enjoy Bellevue will host a haunted house and "Spooktacular" at 366 Lincoln Ave. in Bellevue during October.

The haunted house will be open weekends Oct. 7-30, on Fridays and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; and Sundays, 1-4 p.m. Admission is $5 per person, or $3 for Enjoy Bellevue members. The event will include raffles and refreshments. Tickets are available on-line, at the door, and from various non-profit organizations.

New Horizons Peer Support Center, 616 Lincoln Ave. in Bellevue, will hold an open house on Wednesday Sept. 21, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

All members of the community are welcome to see what the center does.

Light refreshments will be served.

The fourth annual Summer Solstice Spectacular will be held June 23 - 26.

The “Pampered Pooch Promenade” will lead the way at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, from the YMCA patio at 629 Lincoln Ave. Registration for pooches to participate is $5. Proceeds will benefit The Bellevue Dog Woods.

Friday, June 24 is the “meet and greet” in Bayne Park. Residents can pack a picnic basket and meet their neighbors at street signs in the park.

A spaghetti dinner will be held on Election Day, Nov. 2, at Bellevue United Presbyterian Church, 457 Lincoln Ave., next to Bellevue Elementary School.

"Improve the Vue" is a day of community service in and around Bellevue. The Bellevue Initiative for Growth (B.I.G.) is planning the event, which will be held on Saturday Oct. 9.

It is time, once and for all, to shut down the Glaser Avenue sidewalk project and just admit that it was a bad idea that only got worse as time went by. Which is what generally happens when no one puts a stop to bad ideas.

Bellevue Police investigated the burglary of a Madison Avenue building on Jan. 26. They also assisted Ross Township Police the same day with a reported burglary in progress at an East Orchard Avenue home.

unidentified male was taken into custody after a short foot pursuit on Jan. 28. Police say they observed the man assaulting a female on Sumner Avenue.

Police suspect a pick pocket of stealing from a 71-year-old woman in a business in the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue on Jan. 28.

Although there were any number of questions about who and when and how, Bellevue Council voted Tuesday to award a contract for a streetscape design to Civil and Environmental Consultants.

The firm’s bid was some $3,000 higher than the next competitive bidder’s, but members of the Downtown Business District Advisory Committee re-commended CEC because, according to council president Kathy Coder, its proposal was customized to relate to Bellevue, and the company had experience with similar streetscape projects.

Several burglaries were among recent incidents reported to Bellevue Police.

A home on Florence Avenue was reported broken into on Nov. 12.

Police apprehended a man reportedly seen breaking into a West Riverview Avenue home on Nov. 17.

A North Harrison Avenue resident told police Nov. 17 that someone had come into the home, turned on the stove burners, and stolen a Wii game console.

A laptop computer was reported stolen during a burglary at an apartment in the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue on Nov. 21.

A 45-year-old man was reportedly shot by accident at a party on Greenough Avenue last Saturday night.

Police were called to 21 Greenough after the weapon was accidently discharged about 10:45 p.m. The man was shot in the leg, police said.

In other news from Bellevue Police, several items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on South Bryant Avenue on Oct. 26.

A theft also was reported at Bayne Library on Oct. 27.

A South Bryant Avenue resident reported Oct. 30 that a pumpkin had been thrown at his glass storm door.

The attempted burglary of an Arch Avenue home was reported Oct. 5.

The burglary of a home on South Bryant Avenue occurred on Oct. 10. Televisions were reported stolen.

A Division Avenue resident told police Oct. 5 that a package had been stolen from the porch of the residence on Sept. 8.

A backpack was reported stolen from the bed of a truck at AGH-Suburban Campus on Oct. 6.

Two vehicles at the Classic Chevrolet used car lot on Lincoln Avenue were found vandalized on Oct. 5.