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Good morning, Salem.

It's the last day of 2024.

If you're looking for somewhere to celebrate the end of the year, we rounded up a list of options below.

You'll find a mix of what Salem has to offer, some all-ages, some sober, some special performances and some options for people who just want to toast and dance into the first hours of 2025.

Today, Salem Reporter will publish a few last roundups of 2024. We'll be off Wednesday for New Year's Day and back Thursday morning with more local news.

Here's some of today's news. Read all our latest coverage anytime on our website.

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Gilbert House Children’s Museum or enjoy a nice dinner at the Salem Elks Lodge before midnight. Many places in Salem will be celebrating the New…

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Rabbi Avrohom Perlstein and Salem's police and fire chiefs celebrated the fifth night of Hanukah by lighting the city's giant menorah.

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Nonprofit leaders with nearly a century of collective experience retired this year, Salem built more apartments than anytime in recent memory, and residents rallied to save library services.

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Surveillance video shows a white SUV near the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision in West Salem minutes before police responded to the intersection of Northwest Edgewater Street and Northwest…

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Photographer Laura Tesler shares her favorite images from the year.

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