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We've now started to post the winners in our fourteenth annual Halloween Ghost Story Contest. We'll be continuing to post them throughout the night, category by category.

Even though the deadline for this year's Halloween Story Writing Contest has passed, we're still getting entries submitted. While too late for this year's contest, we're happy to hold on to them until next year.

The Friends of Breakheart Reservation site was updated today with details on its upcoming Halloween event.

We've opened up our regular "Questions to the Candidates" feature for the upcoming 2011 Saugus election. This year we've responded to candidate feedback to try and make participation a little easier. We've reduced the number of questions while increasing the maximum lengths of answers.

All the entries for this year's Ghost Story Writing Contest were processed and responded to by early yesterday morning at the latest. If you sent something but didn't hear back from us, please contact us immediately.

Tomorrow night is the deadline for our annual Halloween Short Story Contest. There are still very few Elementary School entries in; if your child is considering entering this year, please tell him or her to go for it!

So many entries for our annual Short Story Contest have come in the past few days we've not been able to keep up with acknowledging them all. We expect to be caught up again before the submission deadline, though. In spite of all the activity, very few Elementary School entries have been submitted so far, so it may be an easier than normal year to win in that category.

When e-mailing stories for our annual Halloween Ghost Story Contest, please include a subject like "Halloween Story" or "Ghost Story" or "Story Contest". Messages with no subjects are far more likely to end up filed as spam and not get noticed right away.

The Saugus Area Government Information page was updated today.

The final day to submit stories for our annual Halloween Story Contest is this coming Saturday. If you're planning on submitting a story, please plan accordingly.

For the first time in a long time, we're seeking to broaden our pool of volunteer judges for our annual Ghost Story Contest. If you're interested in taking on such a task, please e-mail us and let us know why you'd be a good fit for the job.

If you're planning any yard sales in the near future, please post them soon. With the good yard sale weather just about done for the year, we'll be shutting down the Saugus Yard Sales page for the season as soon as it looks like interest has waned.

The Saugus Area Transportation Information page was updated today.

The Saugus Area Medical, Dental, & Pharmaceutical Information page was updated today.

The Saugus.net office will be closed today for the holiday. Regularly updating pages like the Saugus Events Calendar will still continue to be updated, however.

When you submit your Ghost Story Writing Contest entry, please be sure to include a valid e-mail address so we'll be able to acknowledge that we received your story and officially let you know should you win. Also, please don't forget to let us know if you're still in school or entering as an adult. We'll judge unidentified stories as if they were written by adults.

The Tips for New Computer Users & New Internet Surfers page was updated today.

The Saugus Places of Worship page was updated today.

We improved the display of the Saugus.net Archives today.

October is here, and Halloween is nigh. If you're planning on entering this year's Halloween Story Writing Contest remember that the deadline is on October 22^nd. Be sure to check out some of the past years' winners to get a feel for the sorts of stories that win.