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News and Information for the Town of Salem
April 2007 - Posts
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BY MATT STOUT The Salem girls lacrosse team owes a lot of where it is right now to Meagan Schadlick and Christina Miano. The pair hopes that one day the Southern New Hampshire University women’s lacrosse team can say the same thing. After picking Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH As the school year comes to a close and students continue to work hard towards good grades, teachers are calculating percentages and filling out report cards. But the amount of information taken home on the report cards differers widely Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Despite a threat of violence against teachers at Salem High School and days of rumors leading up to Friday, April 20, the day went without incident. Prior to opening for the day, the school grounds were checked by bomb-sniffing dogs while Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT It’s a Sunday afternoon in late January, and Colleen and Bob Nagri plan to eventually settle in for the night to catch the New England Patriots’ playoff showdown with the Indianapolis Colts. Their Dodge Durango – its back Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Town officials have their sights on having a new traffic control system, complete with video cameras, ready to go by this fall. The new system will be the first phase of the town’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), a series Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH School officials are on high alert after teachers at Salem High School found a series of notes threatening that an act of violence will occur on Friday, April 20. The school will remain open, but police presence will be increased, students Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH AND DARRELL HALEN After hours of torrential rain and heavy winds on Monday, April 16, Salem residents were reminded of the severe flooding which occurred less than a year ago. The water caused several streets to be closed throughout the Read More...
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The Salem Rams have football and spirit sign-ups for the 2007 season in early April. Registration takes place at the Salem/Derry Elks Lodge, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., on Thursday, April 12. Open registration is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH The Salem Historic District Commission is making a push to protect the town’s former town hall, which is now the Historical Society Museum. Beverly Glynn, chairman of the commission, has begun the process of registering the building Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A proposal to exempt future Salem municipal buildings from having to pay “demand betterment assessments” may effect the town’s water and sewer users. Brought up at the Monday, April 9, Board of Selectmen meeting, the proposal Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Salem will be the state’s first hub for commercial biodiesel fuel production after two local businessmen have proposed the idea to planners. On Tuesday, April 10, the Planning Board unanimously approved a site plan submitted by Dan Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Robert Larsen joined the Salem Police Department in 1977 as a 19-year-old looking for something exciting. As an intern with the department while completing his degree in criminal justice at Northeastern University, Larsen instantly felt Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK If you must, credit the hitting and fielding drills, the countless hours spent teaching the fundamentals of fast-pitch. But the secret to head coach Harold Sachs’ consistent success with Salem High’s softball team is a notion. Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Forgive the obviousness, but the Salem boys lacrosse team is a varsity sport, has been for four years now. However, in building the program, head coach Chris Kelleher said the team has been hindered in the past by players who didn’t Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Though state legislators agree that kindergarten should be included an adequate education, bringing a kindergarten program to Salem is still a matter of funding and space. Late last month, the House voted 226-132 to approve a definition Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A recount of a failed $3.8 million bridge repair warrant article yielded no changes despite the hopes of some concerned Salem residents. Though the recount did not change the outcome of the original vote, Selectman Michael Lyons said he Read More...
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