We all know that Zombies like turtles, but did you know that in addition to last weekend’s Zombie Walk there are more fun filled zombie festivities in Salem this October Halloween season?
Salem State College is participating in  “Thrill The World“, a 25th anniversary commemorative event celebrating Michael Jackson’s Thriller - perhaps one of the best [...]

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Many thanks to everyone who voted in our second photo contest Summer In Salem.  The voting closed today and with over 20,000 page views and a few hundred votes we have a winner.  Keela B. who tells us;
I’m not a Salem resident, but my sister and her fiance live in Salem so I’m in town [...]

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The submissions are in for our second photo contest Summer in Salem, and I’m pleased to say we have some great photos. Thank you to everyone who took the time to send over a photo.  A big thank you goes out to all the businesses who stepped up and donated prizes. Now it is up [...]

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Our last contest was a huge success and people have been asking when we were doing our next one. The wait is over. Once again congratulations to Daryl B. for his Howard Street Graveyard Buttercups

Summer in Salem
Summer in Salem is the theme of our current contest. We are looking for unique images [...]

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All the votes are in and we have a winner!
The bold complementary colors in Howard Street Graveyard Buttercups by Daryl B. just eeeked out a win over the super cute A dogs view of Salem Common by Robin R.

A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated.  Since people seemed to enjoy this we [...]

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The submissions are in for our first ever photo contest A Unique Perspective, and I’m pleased to say we had a good number of entries and some quality work. Thank you to everyone who took the time to send over a photo. Now it is up to you, the readers, to weigh in [...]

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I’ve been getting a few emails with various questions so I figure I’d answer them for all to see in case you have the same question.
Does it matter what my subject matter is?
Not really, we’re not into censorship around here.  Just keep in mind that your photo has to be somewhat tasteful and keep within [...]

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Charge up your batteries and put your creative thinking caps on as you prepare to compete in the inaugural Salem Insider Photo Contest.

Barnum Circus on Essex St. 1885
Each month (for at least the summer) we will be hosting a photo contest. Themes will be announced and you will have one week to shoot [...]

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Salem is pretty picturesque.

© Snowriderguy
I was out and about this past weekend and took a few photos (which will be on our flickr page shortly) and it got me thinking.  Everybody who lives in or comes to Salem takes pictures here.  There’s probably a million pictures of the Friendship, Roger Contant statue, Witch Museum and [...]

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There was an unsubstantiated rumor going around this weekend that Salem Common was going to be the host to of a group of Classic Cadillacs. Being an antique automobile enthusiast myself, I rolled out of bed, grabbed some coffee and made my way to the Common by 9am to investigate the rumor.

Thankfully the weather [...]

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