Governor Holcomb Won’t Take Part in Trick-Or-Treating This Year

Governor Eric Holcomb and First Lady Janet Holcomb dressed as basketball players to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters in 2018, while First Dog Henry Holcomb was a basketball. (Governor’s Office photo)

As the decision of whether to move ahead with trick-or-treating is mostly being left up to individual residents, Governor Eric Holcomb will be among those not taking part. “In the interest of safety, unfortunately – I have mixed feelings about this – but we’re not going to host Halloween this year at the residence, so no trick-or-treating at the Governor’s Residence this year,” Holcomb said during his COVID-19 press conference Wednesday. “We’re going to try to make that up somehow, some way, creatively, in the future.”

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Blockbuster Shutting Down, Knox Store Not Affected

  
 
Dish Network is closing the doors on about 300 of its Blockbuster locations in the country and that will occur in January. Fifty franchised stores will remain open including the Knox store.

As part of the process, Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service is also shutting down next month.

About 2,800 people who work in Blockbuster’s stores and DVD distribution centers will lose their jobs.

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