MANCHESTER — The decision on whether to hold school in Manchester Wednesday will impact more than spelling tests and science projects.

School Superintendent Tom Brennan said that Police Chief David Mara has told him that there will be no trick-or-treat hours on Halloween night if school is canceled Wednesday.

As of early Tuesday afternoon, Brennan had yet to decide. Three schools -- Jewett Elementary, Southside Middle and Memorial — were without power. And Brennan said he wanted to make sure that children would not come across downed wires and trees while walking to school.

Meanwhile, in Hudson, town officials have rescheduled trick-or-treat hours for Sunday, Nov. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Trick or treat will take place as planned in Nashua on Halloween night, Nashua police said. Trick or treating is Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m., thanks to the effort of city workers and utility crews.

As of noon Tuesday, about 5 percent of Nashua was still without electricity, said Justin Kates, emergency management director.

We are actually pretty good," Kates said Tuesday morning.

All of the city's critical infrastructure was running on commercial power and did not require the use of generators, according to emergency officials.

One city school -- Main Dunstable Elementary -- remained without power Tuesday, said Kates, explaining that facility was a top priority for electrical crews.

"We still do have wires down and trees down throughout the city," he said. Still, Kates said the situation was much better than it was last October after the Halloween snowstorm.

In Peterborough, with several road closures and continued power outages, Peterborough town officials have moved the town's trick or treating night from Wednesday to Saturday.
Trick or treating hours are from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 3.

On Tuesday Carley Road, Burke Road, East Mountain Road and High Street in Peterborough were completely or partially closed.

Widespread flooding is not anticipated, but residents are asked to minimize local flooding by keeping leaves and other debris from blocking catch basin and culverts, town officials said.
High winds could cause more power outages, officials said.

And in Goffstown, police announced Tuesday afternoon that trick or treat will be scheduled for Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m., instead of Wednesday evening.

Trick or treat will go on as planned in Londonderry Wednesday evening, Police Chief Bill Hart said Tuesday afternoon.

Hart said the weather forecasts looked promising for Halloween and with power restoring efforts well under way on Tuesday, the decision was made to hold the town's festivities as originally planned.

Some of Londonderry's neighbors, however, erred on the side of caution.

The town of Salem's trick-or-treating has been rescheduled to Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m., and Pelham's trick or treat will now take place on Saturday evening from 5 to 7 p.m.

In Derry, the townwide trick-or-treat hours are scheduled to take place Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m.The town's parks and recreation department is urging all individuals and families to be cautious of any downed wires, trees and other debris.

(Reporter Mark Hayward and correspondents Kimberly Houghton, Adam Swift, April Guilmet, and Meghan Pierce contributed to this story.)