Follow Destination Salem on Facebook for a chance to win gift certificates to participating restaurants. http://destinationsalem.blogspot.com/2010/11/tag-dine-in-salem-north-shores-dining.html The first 50 people to 
tag a photo of one of the restaurants posted each day in November will be entered into a random drawing for a gift certificate to that restaurant. Use it at any participating restaurant during Restaurant Week! (See their site for specific details.) Even if you aren’t selected, don’t miss the fantastic deal of two course meals for $15 offered at The Lobster Shanty, Howling Wolf Taqueria, Salem Beer Works, Seaport Café, and Thai Place and $25 promotions at many other restaurants during Salem’s Restaurant Week Nov. 7 – 11. Also, Rockafellas will be donating 30 percent of their food sales during Restaurant Week to Salem Education Foundation. As a bonus, visit them on Salsa Night, November 10, and dance with the Mayor for a $20 donation. For more information, visit www.salem-chamber.org.
Whether you are looking for pampering, consultations or excercise opportunities Salem Health and Wellness week has something for you. Services range from Complimentary Skin Care consultations and samples at Laura Lanes Skin Care to a total body fitness assessment, three training sessions, and nutrition coaching at Get in Shape for Women. Some services are offered on specific days and times such as Free Hand Paraffin and Sugar Scrub with Bo Body & Soul Massage and Wellness April 12 from 2- 6 p.m.and Free 15-minute private Reiki healings with Judy Copp at A Higher Balance Healing Center April 12 from 5 – 7 p.m.
The Salem Farmers’ Market has just been awarded a $2,500 grant by the MA Department of Agricultural Resources Farmers Market Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program. This program provides funding to subsidize the purchase or rental of wireless equipment (Point of Sale or POS terminals) that allow farmers markets to accept federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly food stamp, benefits as payment for locally grown produce. This will make the market more accessible to a larger number of people.