What’s Up Milton #16

🗳️ Voting is open: the Spookiest House in Milton
🏆 Congrats: the 2026 Excellence Award winners
🎃 Halloween week: Saturday’s lineup and the guide
📣 Heads up: a road closure today, rink teams and a Repair Café
📅 This week: trivia and a free comedy night
💛 Milton Kindness
🚆 This Week in Milton History: the GO train turns 45

🗳️ Voting is open now!
Free to vote · closes Monday, Nov. 2 at noon

It’s official: the Spookiest House in Milton vote starts today! These 10 decorated homes are in the running, listed by street name. Take a slow drive or an evening walk past them this week (they’re even better after dark), then vote for your favourite.

👻 Cauldron Court Boneyard, 593 Beaver Ct
👻 The Bennett Boo Crew, 657 Bennett Blvd
👻 Childs’ Play Inflatable Invasion, 650 Childs Dr, Unit 33
👻 Nightmare on Clark, 1542 Clark Blvd
👻 The Hanging Tree on Hayward, 529 Hayward Cres
👻 The Witch of Joyce Boulevard, 586 Joyce Blvd
👻 Skull Lane Cottage, 285 Martin St
👻 Speyer Spider Spectacular, 740 Speyer Cir
👻 The Haunt on Sunnyvale, 622 Sunnyvale Cres
👻 The Crimson Porch on Thompson, 696 Thompson Rd S

Vote and you could win a $100 gift card to Grants Gourmet! You might remember them as a favourite at the Milton Farmers’ Market, and we love that this prize keeps the spending right here with a local business.

Every vote is an entry in the draw, and the home with the most votes takes home the Spookiest House in Milton 2026 plaque. Voting is free, no purchase necessary, and it closes Monday, Nov. 2 at noon. Open to Ontario residents 18+; full rules are on the voting page.

Every home is in our free Halloween guide, with a photo and address, so it’s easy to plan a route: get the guide (PDF).

👉 Vote now at halloween.whatsupmilton.ca

🏆 Meet the 2026 Excellence Award winners
Milton Chamber of Commerce gala, Rattlesnake Point Golf Club

The Milton Excellence Awards were handed out at a gala at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club, and the list is a great snapshot of the people and businesses who make this town tick. Big congratulations to all of them!

Community honours: Diksha Pal Narayan is Citizen of the Year. She founded South Asian Mommies of Milton and coordinates programs at Arts Milton. Leslie Howchin, a board director with Community Living North Halton, takes the Joyce Hagevik Volunteer of the Year award. Allan Ehrlick receives the Lifetime Achievement award. He’s an Olympic equestrian, a business owner and president of the Halton Region Federation of Agriculture.

Business winners: Pixels Multimedia & Studio Inc. (Small Business), Solterra Wellness Spa (Mid-Sized Business), Woodbine Mohawk Park (Large Business), Conservation Halton Foundation (Not-for-Profit), MortgageEase/VINE GROUP (Entrepreneur), Rockwool (Best Workplace) and Knight School Inc. (Innovation). If you’re a customer of any of them, it’s a nice week to say congrats.
via MiltonToday

🎃 Your Halloween guide
Free PDF: decorated homes, events and tips

Halloween lands on Saturday. Our free guide has decorated homes across town, each with a photo and address, plus events and safety tips.
Get the full Halloween guide (PDF)

🍬 Tiny Tots Trick-or-Treat
Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10am · Main Street East, downtown

Little ones can trick-or-treat at participating downtown shops on Main Street. It’s a great way to get in some daytime candy collecting before the evening rush. Costumes are encouraged!
via Downtown Milton

📚 Monster Mash Storytime
Saturday, Oct. 31, 12:30–1:15pm · Sherwood Branch · ages 1 to 5 · registration required

Spooky-silly stories and songs for the littlest monsters. Spots are limited, so register ahead.
via Milton Public Library

🚗 Trunk or Treat
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2–4pm · Milton GO station, 780 Main St. E. · free

Renew Church is filling the GO station lot with decorated car trunks full of treats. It’s free and there’s no registration needed to attend, so just bring the kids and their candy bags.
via Renew Church

🧡 Costume contest at Andrews’ Scenic Acres
Saturday, Oct. 31 · Andrews’ Scenic Acres

Give your costume a test drive at the farm for a chance to win in the kids, adult and pet categories. There are candy stations for little ones and a free pumpkin painting station. Then on Sunday, Nov. 1, bring your jack-o’-lantern back for the end-of-season Pumpkin Smash and get free admission in exchange.
via Andrews’ Scenic Acres

🐶 Pumpkins After Dark Pet Night
Wednesday, Oct. 28 · Country Heritage Park · runs to Oct. 31

Pumpkins After Dark’s final pet night of the season is Wednesday, so you can bring the dog to stroll the glowing pumpkin displays with the family. It wraps up for the year on Halloween night, and entry is time-slotted, so book ahead.
via Pumpkins After Dark

💀 Halloween Skelebration at Mountsberg
Friday to Sunday evenings, 4:30–10pm · last day Oct. 31

Conservation Halton’s family-friendly Skelebration mixes haunted fun with a little nature learning. Come in costume and grab a picture at one of the photo stations. Registration is required.
via Conservation Halton

🎟️ Halloween swim and skate coupons
$7 for 10 coupons · kids 12 and under · on sale until Oct. 31

A last reminder: the Town’s Halloween coupon packs make an easy candy-free treat to hand out, and they’re only on sale until Saturday.

🚧 Fourth Line Nassagaweya closed today
Monday, Oct. 26, 7am–3pm

Fourth Line Nassagaweya is closed between 10 Side Road and 10230 Fourth Line Nassagaweya so crews can replace a cross culvert. If you usually head that way, plan a detour until mid-afternoon.
via Town of Milton

⛸️ Neighbourhood rink teams are forming
Applications close Sunday, Nov. 8

Backyard-style rinks are coming back for a fifth winter. Neighbours near Beaty Park North are already talking about getting a team together, and any group can apply. You need at least six adults from different households plus a team leader. The Town supplies the rink, and volunteers take care of flooding, clearing snow and safety checks.
via Town of Milton

🔧 Save the date: Repair Café
Saturday, Nov. 21, 1–5pm · Milton Sports Centre, 605 Santa Maria Blvd. · free

Got a wobbly lamp, a toaster that quit or a bike that needs a tune-up? Sustainable Milton’s volunteer fixers will take a look for free. Registering ahead guarantees you a spot.
via MiltonNow

🧠 Monday Night Trivia
Monday, Oct. 26, 7:30–9pm · Keenan’s Irish Pub, 51 James Snow Pkwy. N. · free

Grab a team and test your brain over a pint and some wings. It’s free to play.
via Experience Milton

😂 Comedy Night at Blenz
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 7–9pm · Blenz Coffee, 10 Bronte St. S. · free

The Milton Comedy Collective brings stand-up to a cozy coffee shop. It’s a fun, low-key night out, and it costs nothing.
via Experience Milton

🍻 Tuesday Night Trivia
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 7:30–9pm · Shoeless Joe’s, 800 Main St. E. · free

Missed Monday? Get a second shot at trivia glory on Tuesday.
via Experience Milton

🐱 A lost cat finds a helping hand

A neighbour spotted a cat wandering near the LifeLabs on Bronte Street, took it home where it was safe and warm, and set about finding its family by getting it scanned for a microchip. It’s a small thing, but if your pet ever slipped out the door, it’s exactly what you’d hope someone would do.

🚆 The GO train turns 45 today
Oct. 26, 1981

Exactly 45 years ago today, the first regular weekday GO trains rolled out of Milton. About 272 riders climbed aboard on day one. For a lot of us, that morning train is now just part of the routine. Happy birthday, Milton GO!
via Transit Toronto