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News and Information for the Town of Salem
May 2007 - Posts
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BY MATT HERSH After eight years of owning Pizza Mia in Bedford, Jay Knoettner has seen his share of teenage workers in his business. Some worked well, like the 15-year-olds who gradually worked their way up from cashier to prep cook. Others didn’t, Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Mike Jolicoeur said throughout this season he believes his Salem boys tennis team is a year away from being a true contender in Class L. Boy, what a way to spend the year getting there. Despite dropping an 8-1 decision to No. 2 Manchester Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A request made by Budget Committee members has the Salem School Board rethinking a policy about access to information and perhaps charging for time spent on searching for it. After the board provided the Budget Committee with its annual Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT For weeks, the Salem baseball team clubbed its way through Class L without one of its best hitters. Now, Matt Delaney is proving why he’s so vital to the Blue Devils’ high-powered lineup. Delaney tripled home the winning run Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT A little more than three weeks ago, when the Salem girls lacrosse team huddled together for one of its first practices in May, Blue Devils coach Faith Wahlen sensed frustration, disappointment and, perhaps, broken confidence. Losers of four Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Salem police officers made 25 arrests on Friday, May 18, after discovering a large underage drinking party. A total of 25 people were arrested when a police officer who was patrolling an area of North Salem noticed a large gathering of cars Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Salem High School was built more than 40 years ago and is in need of some updates. A recently proposed renovation and expansion plan for the school could cost upwards of $40 million. While the plan to update the school in some way has been Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT So far this season, the Salem baseball team has been nearly perfect. On Monday, May 14, so was Connor Nolan. The Blue Devils’ ace struck out 14 Manchester Central batters, including four of the final five hitters, to finish off a no-hitter Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK If it were up to him, Curt Killion’s team would have a better record. If he had his way, his squad would spend practices talking strategy for the postseason instead of thinking about next year. But after losing four of his top six Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A state retirement plan may end up costing Salem thousands of dollars in unanticipated separation costs. The legislation, commonly known as service crediting, allows municipal employees with five or more years experience with any given town Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Just days after Salem police successfully captured two escaped inmates, they nabbed one more. On Thursday, May 10, police arrested Ronald Lawler, 36, of Haverhill, Mass., who had walked away from his job at the Lawrence Correctional Alternative Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT What was uncertainty has become excitement. What were modest expectations have grown into sizable goals. And what was a relatively inexperienced Salem boys tennis team hoping to “win some,” said No. 1 singles player Jeff Bunker, Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH When Keith and Suzanne Barnard attended a 90-minute seminar held by Horizon Travel in Salem in 2006, they thought they had stumbled upon a great deal on trips. They didn’t know they would shortly lose $5,300. The Barnards, who live Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Thomas Spitalere comes to work in Salem every week armed with two hatchets, a shovel and a passion for the past. On Monday, May 7, his suspicions about a flat stone lying partially covered by grass and dirt at a North Salem graveyard yielded Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH After a complaint from a Budget Committee member, the Salem Board of Selectmen have been asked by the Deputy Attorney General to familiarize themselves with the Right To Know law. Stephen Campbell, a recently elected member of the town’s Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK They know how to take the lead. Now they have to learn how to hold it. And until Salem’s boys lacrosse team figures out how to stay ahead of opponents until the final whistle blows, Chris Kelleher’s postgame talk will sound Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Summer may bring warm weather, beach trips and outdoor activities but it’s also the season for blood-hungry insects. As always, Salem wants to be prepared. The town recently began its annual mosquito prevention program in an effort Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Salem police and fire officials are investigating what has been called a suspicious fire that destroyed a local eatery on Saturday, April 28. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. at the Canobie Clam Box at 80 North Policy St., according to Deputy Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH When it comes to keeping roadsides and municipal property clean, Salem takes a serious and somewhat exhaustive approach. On Friday, April 27, the Department of Public Works finished a week-long cleanup of Salem which consumed 512 hours of Read More...
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