According to the Salem News “In Salem, staffers at Tavern in the Square restaurant will donate their time to serve free Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 189 Washington St., Salem, MA.
They hope to feed twice as many people as last year, when 225 people dined on turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and “all the extras,” said Mark Morris, co-owner of Tavern in the Square.”
Need an excuse to enjoy a fabulous meal in THE Dining Destination on the North Shore? Starting Sunday night many Salem restaurants are offering a three course fixed price menu for $25 as part of the Salem Chamber of Commerce Restaurant Week. This year there are over 25 participating restaurants.
Participating restaurants include: 43 Church, 62 Restaurant & Wine Bar, Adriatic Restaurant and Wine Bar, Bella Verona, Black Lobster at Stromberg’s Cove, Brodie’s Seaport, Cafe Polonia, Capt’s Waterfront Grill & Pub, Cilantro, Finz Seafood Restaurant and Grill, Fresh Taste of Asia, Grapevine, The Great Escape, Howling Wolf Taqueria, The Lobster Shanty, Nathaniel’s at the Hawthorne Hotel, Red Lulu Cocina & Tequila Bar, Regatta Pub at the Waterfront Hotel, Rockafellas, Salem Beer Works, Scratch Kitchen, Tavern in the Square, Thai Place, Victoria Station, and the newest restaurant in town – Village Tavern Grill and Oyster Bar. For full details or to scan through the menus offered visit the Salem Chamber of Commerce website.
Salem Main Streets is looking for donations for Downtown Holiday Decorations. Every year Salem Main Streests collects donations to be able to hang live green wreaths throughout the downtown. Salem Main Streets also looks for donations to purchase and decorate a large holiday tree which is placed in Lappin Park. These programs would not be possible without donations from downtown businesses and the community. Please donate now! To donate or for more information contact Jennifer Bell, Salem Main Streets, 265 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 or (978)744-0004 or Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org.
Salem’s Haunted Happenings is in the home stretch and this weekend promises to be a blockbuster weekend! From a Disco Dance Party to a children’s trick-or-treat on Pickering Wharf there is fun for all ages. Looking to go for a jog try The Devil’s Chase 6.66 Miler Saturday, October 27 at 8 a.m. There are great places to shop for the perfect Halloween accessory and gift items. There are fantastic restaurants to enjoy, museums to visit, night tours, costume balls and much more. You can even catch a Civil War Era style base ball game at 11 a.m. on the Salem Common. For a full list of events visit hauntedhappenings.org. Evening 
Parties Saturday night in Salem include: Colonial Hall Costume Ball, Gulu-Gulu Costume Ball, Solstice of Souls Ball, Wicked Night on the Wharf, and the Disco Halloween Dance Party. On Pickering Wharf, Sunday, October 28 there is Trick-or-Treating starting at 5 p.m. and a children’s costume party at Finz at 6 p.m. Stop downtown Salem this weekend you will find something to do! (Photos from 
last weekend.)
Thursday, October 25 is the last outdoor Salem Farmers’ Market of the season from 3 – 7 in Derby Square. Many of your favorite vendors will be continuing with the market as it moves into Old Town Hall November 1. However, some will be ending their season with the market. For a full list of Winter Market Vendors visit the market website www.SalemFarmersMarket.org.
This Thursday we will officially end our season with the annual Thriller performance by Dance Etc. This dancing zombie invasion has become a Farmers’ Market tradition. They will perform at 5:30 and 6:30. You won’t want to miss this!
