By the Salem Recreation Department

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Town of Salem’s Recreation Department and Salem Lion’s Club hosted their annual Halloween Party at Salem High School. Children 10 years old and under, with their families, attended the festive evening full of games, snacks and drinks and of course a bag of candy.

The highlight of this party for the children is when they get to the parade around and show their special costume. The winners of the costume contest received gift certificates. The winners are as follows:

Most Creative Costume Category – 5 years old and under

Hunter Thompson, Age 1, Prisoner: Mia Contarino, Age 4, Cupcake: Mia Wheeler, Age 5, Skeleton

Best Representative of Halloween Costume Category

Ryan Dusault, Age 4, Hulk: Billy Sennot, Age 5, Skeleton: Anthony Smith, Age 4

Most Creative Costume Category – 6 to 7 years old

Peyton Acker, Age 7, Jelly Beans: Nolan Lumbley, Age 6, Chef: Hockey Player

Best Representative of Halloween Costume Category

Rebecca Lydon, Age 6, Scarecrow: Michael Caruso, Age 7, Mummy: Leah Moore, Age 6, Witch

Most Creative Costume Category – 8 to 10 years old

Molly Campbell, Age 8, Spider: Gabby Faro, Age 8, Eskimo: Massi Bosli, Age 10, Pac man

Best Representative of Halloween Costume Category

Jonathan Smith, Age 8, Goblin: Brandon Tasca, Age 10, Werewolf; Arthur Pjetri, Age 8

Nancy Curtis won the door prize raffle of gift tokens donated by the Salem Farmers Market.

This event was made possible from sponsorship from local businesses and groups and the help of many volunteers. The Recreation Department would like to thank the Salem Lion’s Club for providing the hot dogs, snacks and drinks to the children for the event, the Party Center for providing decorations, Enterprise Bank and Trust, Citizen’s Bank, McDonalds/Arch Advertising and Park Place Bowling Lanes for providing gift certificates. We would also like to thank the Salem High School Key Club, Great Bay Community College and the other volunteers that helped out.

We appreciate Channel 23 TV for videoing the Halloween Party and Salem Patch for posting photos of the wonderful event.