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Gallery: Sights of Salem's Halloween

The ghosts, goblins, and crowds were out in full force early in the day.

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Photos by Leslie Breton and Adam Swift

By the end of Saturday night, as many as 70,000 people were expected to visit the Witch City for its annual Halloween celebration.

By the early afternoon, the costumed crowds were already filing into the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall, Derby Street, and the waterfront.

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The month-long festivities in Salem were scheduled to be capped off with fireworks at 10 p.m.

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