PRESS PHOTOS BY DONNA GEWERTZ Ghouls and other ghastly sights welcome willing participants to the Whitehall Township Fire Department's Haunted Hayrides in the Parkway. The hayrides run 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in October at the Whitehall Parkway, 4689 S. Church St.

Attendees await their departure into the Halloween attraction, a popular fundraiser for the fire department.

The Flores family, of Whitehall - Nico, Rebecca, Carol Rugg (of Pittsburgh), Gionni, Ada, Mateo and David - are ready for a frightening night of fun and scares.

A skeleton named Tom provides some high-tech, haunted musical entertainment.