Salem Fair adds security personnel after last year's shooting

A year after a shooting injured two people on the event's first night, the 34th Annual Salem Fair opened Wednesday with all its usual carnival atmo...

July 1, 2022
5:46 AM

A year after a shooting injured two people on the event's first night, the 34th Annual Salem Fair opened Wednesday with all its usual carnival atmosphere. However, 2022's version is fully fenced and patrolled by a cadre of security officers.The fair is the largest in the country that doesn't charge patrons gate admission. That's because the fair didn't have a gate when it was first held in 1988, according to Carey Harveycutter, Salem's veteran tourism director, facilities manager — and fair director, too.

Emma Coleman