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Drawn together: People connect at Salem Days through inaugural Chalk the Block activity
The theme of 2025 Salem Days is "building bridges, every act counts.” At one of the many activities taking place across the city this week, one Salem teenager appeared to take the motto to heart. Participating at the inaugural “Chalk the Block” event Wednesday at Cole Park, Ethan Fillmore arrived early and spent hours in the hot sun painting an image with water-based chalk, first by drawing a grid and then tracing it, placing a base coat on and filling in the detail. His finished product was an image of characters from the animated movie "Shrek" and a caption drawn out below ...
