This year, a super-sized Halloween tradition in Lewiston was more important than ever

Every year for nearly three decades, Geiger — whose family business, the advertising company Geiger, prints the famed Farmers’ Almanac in Lewiston — has made a tantalizing offer to trick-or-treaters: show up to his Halloween extravaganza, ready to utter a secret password, and he’ll give you not one, but three, king-sized candy bars. Or, at least, the one with the biggest candy budget. LEWISTON, Maine — Pete Geiger might be the biggest fan of Halloween in all of Lewiston, Maine. “This is clearly my favorite day and night of the...