The ghosts and ghouls behaved themselves this Halloween, with law enforcement agencies reporting nothing more serious than small cases of vandalism or drunken driving.

"Halloween went remarkably calm," said Sheriff’s Capt. Richard A. Antanavige. "It went pretty well. No mass arrests, no arsons."

A combination of wet weather and increased parental supervision is believed to have kept pranksters from causing too much mischief, authorities said. "We did have extra patrols on the roads," Antanavige stated, but the biggest arrest of the night was a driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning.

Rome police said the most serious calls were for a broken window on a residence and a broken taillight, but there was no evidence that either crime was even Halloween-related. There were many trick-or-treaters going door-to-door, police said, but they were joined by a lot of parental supervision. The increase in adults seemed to keep the pumpkin-smashing and other pranks to a minimum, police said.

Between the hours of 5 p.m. to midnight, police responded to about five calls for mischief, mostly on West Linden and West Liberty streets, and five complaints of youths. There were five reported property-damage motor vehicle accidents. Two calls were made about music and a party.

"There was nothing out of the ordinary" for the fire department, said Chief Ronald M. Brement. Firefighters responded to only one call between 5 p.m. and midnight, and that was an automatic alarm on West Dominick Street.

"We’re making the kids more aware about fire prevention" in the schools, said Assistant Chief Terence M. Miller. "All the people who have gone through it before are all adults now."

"It seems like the parents are putting the effort in," agreed Chief Brement.