5 Things (Haunted Happenings) to Start the Day: Oct. 3

Here are five things to start your day in Beverly:

1. Our neighbors in Salem are kicking off the Halloween season tonight with the Haunted Happenings Grand Parade at 6 p.m. Check out today's 5 Things video from last year's celebration, made by Salem Patch editor Aubry Bracco. If you're looking for other Halloween activities this weekend, click here. 

2. Speaking of Halloween, do you embrace our busy neighbors during this time of year, or does it cause a disruption to traffic and business-as-usual in Beverly? Weigh in on the conversation here. 

3. Congratulations to Beverly resident David Magruder-Jones, who was “pinned” at Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) earlier this week as part of the induction ceremony into the Para-medicine profession. Read more in this announcement. 

4. We love food news here at Beverly Patch, and there are a lot of new restaurants hitting the North Shore food scene lately. Check out our latest edition of North Shore Food Buzz here. 

5. Weather: Showers, mainly after 3 p.m. Areas of fog. High near 63.

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