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Northshore October 2025
Every October, the North Shore offers a plethora of Halloween events, from pumpkin carving and corn mazes to haunted hayrides to costume balls. No place, however, does Halloween quite like Salem. For 31 days each year, the city transforms from a historic, if quirky, destination into an immersive exploration of the fun, flamboyance, and general spookiness associated with Halloween. “It’s not just one festival,” says Ashley Judge, executive director of Destination Salem. “You have the whole city coming together to create magic.” Salem has, of course, been associated with the idea of supernatural forces ever since the witch hyste
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