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If your business, congregation or organization has en event handing out candy for Halloween, we’d like to know about it!

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Salem Reporter will compile a list of Salem trick or treat and trunk or treat events next week. We’re looking for events that are free, open to the public and involve giving out candy to children in costume before or on Oct. 31.

Send the details to Hailey Cook at [email protected]. Include the date, time, location and anything else attendees should know.

We’ll also include events submitted to our events calendar.

Here’s some of our latest news. You can always find our latest stories anytime on our website.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: What’s happening across Salem in October

Neighborhood News is a monthly Salem Reporter feature to highlight news or issues of concern to each Salem neighborhood association. Read previous editions here. Salem is divided into 17 neighborhood associations…

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Former Mayor Chris Hoy calls for Mayor Julie Hoy’s ‘immediate’ resignation at city council meeting

Salem’s former mayor, who has long had a contentious relationship with Mayor Julie Hoy, said a recent state ethics investigation shows the mayor can’t be trusted. His comments earned a…

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These farmworkers say Oregon’s overtime law isn’t working. Farmers say they can’t afford it

Some farmworkers say a 2022 overtime law intended to bolster their pay is instead cutting their hours and paychecks.

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Two years on, Oregon’s transgender health care law faces obstacles

A law intended to make trans health care easier to access is taking effect as tens of thousands of trans people and families are leaving states that have restricted gender-affirming…

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Your guide to Salem haunts this Halloween 

Monsters, zombies and ghosts are coming out to scare this Halloween season at local haunted venues around Salem. 

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Willamette University Pelton Theatre Ride the Cyclone A Musical Salem Oregon

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