Write-Up & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   From jovial to spooky, creative creatures decorate planters along one mile of Main Street in “historic” downtown Manchester, Connecticut. The Scarecrow Festival has returned.   It got underway on October 17 and runs to October 30, 2015 with the opportunity to vote for favorites through October 29. Winners will be announced Friday, Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. by the Dancing Bears Fountain next to Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main Street.     Begun seven years ago and sponsored by the Downtown Manchester Special Services District, the contest is fast becoming an annually anticipated display. Visitors are left to the wonderment of what awaits along the scarecrow stroll from Hartford Road up towards Center Street where local businesses,…