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5 things to do in Salem this week: Instrument petting zoo, holiday markets, drive-thru lights show
Salem is turning on the holiday lights this Friday, with a drive-thru light show opening at the fairgrounds. Other events include a family concert with a pre-show ‘instrument petting zoo,’ a wine tasting and markets.
How to help people in Salem get gifts, food and warmth during the holiday season
Salem nonprofits and businesses are collecting toys, food, coats and more to support neighbors struggling financially during the holiday season. Here’s a roundup of where and how to donate.
Salem students honor civil rights figure Ruby Bridges with schoolwide walks
With purple pom-poms, flags and handmade signs, students celebrated Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, paying tribute to the first child to integrate a segregated school in the South.
City, county donate to Marion Polk Food Share as it sees record-high need
An immediate crisis of delayed food benefits is over, but the leader of Salem’s food bank said he expects to see more people needing help soon as federal cuts to SNAP and Medicaid take effect.
Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery to host auction to help business stay open
On Sunday, Nov. 16, Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery will auction donated art, jewelry and more in a bid to keep its doors open until at least its 40 year anniversary in June. The business has seen financial challenges and supply cost increases since Covid.
What to do in Salem from Nov. 13-19: LEGO party, holiday market, gallery auction
Events in Salem this week include a holiday market, an auction to support a local gallery, a LEGO party at the Salem Library and a celebration of the library’s expanded hours.
How Salem newspapers covered Oregon’s “exploding whale” catastrophe
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of an ill-fated state highway decision to attempt to blow up a dead whale on a Florence beach with dynamite.
Salem sees at least 16 immigrants arrested on Veterans Day, groups say
At least nine farmworkers were among the immigrants federal authorities arrested in Salem Tuesday, according to farmworker union PCUN. Local groups tracking immigration arrests say it’s the largest single-day total the area has seen in years.
PHOTOS: Salem Veterans Day ceremony honors service members outside Capitol
Oregon's Veterans Day ceremony drew over a hundred people outside the Capitol Tuesday to honor veterans with a performance of the national anthem, speeches and a laying of the wreath ceremony.