While the weather remains in summer mode, the fall season has arrived on the calendar and in the hottest spot for Halloween in all of Southern Ocean County: Surf City. For the fifth consecutive year, the Surf City Police Department and the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS are hosting Trunk or Treat.

Last year’s event drew an estimated 700 children and their families. Trunk or Treat was conceived because many homes on Long Beach Island are emptied and winterized in the offseason, leaving…