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Visit the Salem Farmers’ Market in Derby Square on Front Street, Thursdays from 3 – 7 p.m.
Jun 122010
Jun 102010
Come to the opening of the second season of the Salem Farmers’ Market Thursday, June 17. The market will open an hour earlier this year at 3 p.m. and close at 7 p.m. It will feature more farms and more great produce including some new and less common vegetables sure to please the gourmet cooks in Salem. Don’t miss the opening bell of the market at 3 p.m. At 3:30 p.m. Chive, Sustainable Event Design & Catering will do a cooking demonstration and from 5 – 7 p.m. there will be live music by Qwill and The Further From Zen Orchestra. http://wqillmusic.com. The market will include fresh bread by “When Pigs Fly”, live lobsters, and much more. New farms include: Flats Mentor Farm (an Asian vegetable farmer), Cider Hill Farm of Amesbury, and West River Creamery. The Salem Farmers’ Market is held every Thursday June 17 – October 21 in Derby Square on Front Street in downtown Salem from 3 – 7 p.m. It is a Salem Main Streets project and more information can be found at http://www.salemfarmersmarket.org/. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Mar 112010
April 12 – 17, 2010
There’s no time like the present to take charge of your health, to make those changes you have been putting off, to excercise more and to take advantage of great promotions and discounts at Salem Health and Wellness related businesses and organizations. Come sample what Salem businesses have to offer including FREE massages, FREE skin consultations, FREE children’s yoga, FREE fitness programs and more! Over $2,000 worth of raffle items to be given away! Visit any participating business to be entered to win one of four great raffle prizes. (One raffle ticket per business visited.) More details to follow soon…
Participating Businesses include: A Higher Balance Healing Center, A Sacred Place Wellness Center, B & S Fitness Programs, B & S Sport Science, Body and Soul Massage & Wellness Center, The City of Salem, Park, Recreation and Community Services Department, Get In Shape For Women, Green Tea Yoga, Laura Lanes Skin Care, LivingWell, Radiance Aveda Lifestyle Salon & Spa, Salem Fitness, Urban Elements and The Wicked Running Club.
To download a printout of the schedule, click here.
Dec 182009
The ballots are all in and the viewers have spoken – Marketplace Quilts is the Viewer’s Choice Winner for the 2009 Holiday Window Contest. Congratulations to Marketplace Quilts and the lucky ballot winner: Jerry Gould of New Hampshire. Jerry wins a fantastic stocking filled with wonderful items from participating downtown stores including: A wooden toy truck from Cruncy Granola Baby, Sea Salts and other items from Laura Lanes Skin Care, a gift certificate from Living With Pets, a quilt calendar from Marketplace Quilts, a ladies wallet from Quintessentials, a $75 make up lesson from Rouge Cosmetics, a signature coffee cup from Roost, Candles from Signatures, and a gift certificate from Thai Place. Come downtown to do your last minute holiday shopping and enjoy the windows now through December 25.
Dec 052009
This year’s Holiday Window Contest has some fierce competition for Most Whimsical and Most Original Windows. which will be judged by the SMS Design Committee. You, too, can participate in the contest by voting for your favorite window at all participating businesses. Voting ballots will be entered in a free raffle for a holiday stocking on December 11. Come downtown and view the windows, you won’t be disappointed. For a contest program stop by 265 Essex Street or
Download a guide to downtown holiday shopping here!