The annual North End Halloween Carnival brought out hundreds of kids on Friday afternoon to the Nazzaro Center playground with bounce houses, super slides, haunted house, pumpkin patch, jack-o-lantern carving. Free pizza and beverages were on hand with the entire event coordinated by Steven Virgilio, volunteers and ROC Teen Saturday. The Nazzaro kids also held a bake sale fundraiser to support the breast cancer awareness and the American Cancer Society. We stopped by for some photos of the event.
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