Drink Pumpkin Stout Out of a Pumpkin at Gulu Gulu Tonight

Today is Thursday, Oct. 3, and here are the five things you need to know: 

1. It should be a picture-perfect fall day in Salem. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 75. Tonight should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. (sunrise, 6:43 a.m.; high tide, 10:36 a.m.; low tide, 4:41 p.m.; sunset, 6:21 p.m.) 

2. Haunted Happenings 2013 is upon us and there are already some awesome events scheduled for tonight. Among them is Cask Beer Night at Gulu Gulu Cafe on Washington Street. From 6 to 8 p.m., Gulu Gulu will be filling a pumpkin with Cape Ann Brewing Company’s Pumpkin Stout and adding a tap! You can get a fresh pint poured from their pumpkin for $5. The pumpkin will be tapped at 6 p.m.

3. The Salem Chamber of Commerce's Haunted Happenings Grand Parade will take place this evening. The parade is scheduled to begin at Shetland Park at 6:30 p.m. and will end at the Salem Common. This year's theme is "Books Come Alive". 

4. In case you missed it Wednesday, we published a photo gallery featuring recent pictures of Salem's new AL Prime convenience store and gas station on Lafayette Street. Click Here to view the updated site photographs. 

5. Today in History: On Oct. 3, 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. 

For more things going on in Salem today, check out our events calendar.