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Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo talks Halloween and the impact of tourism

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People dressed in a variety of costumes promenade through downtown Salem, Mass., on Halloween, Sunday Oct. 31, 2021. (Steven Senne)
People dressed in a variety of costumes promenade through downtown Salem, Mass., on Halloween, Sunday Oct. 31, 2021. (Steven Senne)

It's Halloween season, and every year hundreds of thousands of people make their way to Salem, Massachusetts. The small, colonial city is home to about 44,000 people and has become a major fall tourist destination.

While welcoming in an influx of annual autumnal visitors, Salem is also dealing with many of the issues municipalities face across the state, including affordable housing to the impacts of climate change.

Mayor Dominick Pangallo joins us to discuss these issues.

This segment aired on October 9, 2024.

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