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News and Information for the Town of Salem
December 2007 - Posts
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It was a special day. After earning a New England title at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore Center, on March 17, the Salem cheerleaders ventured across the street to Lundholm Gymnasium, where they shared their winning spirit with the Read More...
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January The Salem School Board decides to trim $300,000 out of its $46 million budget after the Budget Committee protests a proposed 8.5 percent increase over the previous year’s budget. The Lather & Lace hair salon at 88 North Broadway,featuring Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Two former employees of Greystone Farm at Salem are accused of stealing bedroom furniture while working at the assisted living community last summer. Michelle Longo, 45, of 11North St., Erving, Mass., formerly of Derry, and Therese Maylone, Read More...
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By Ryan O’Connor Competing without its top three wrestlers, Salem still finished among the best at what some consider one of the most difficult early season tournaments in the area. While seniors Trevor Dearden, Corbin Decker and Alex Pittera were Read More...
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By Matt Schooley The Salem High School girls basketball team, in cruise control against Timberlane, needed the accelerator in the final minute to earn a 50-43 home victory on Friday, Dec. 14. With about three minutes remaining in the contest, a Sarah Read More...
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By Matt Schooley They haven’t played since leaving the court as state champions last season, but the boys of Salem High School basketball team showed no rust in their 2007-08 opener. Josh Jones and Kevin Sledge led a balanced offensive attack for Read More...
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By Pam Chaplowe-Ruth The Salem Santa Fund provides more than just material delights of the holiday. The directors of this much-lauded program offer emotional strength and patient understanding to those in the community who suffer from grievous loss. At Read More...
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By Darrell Halen The scars from skin cancer treatments made Kim Sanga too embarrassed to wear a two-piece bathing suit in her own backyard. Her husband, Shawn, told her she was crazy and that her scars tell a story. “It hit me that I shouldn’t Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Two men face charges after one of them allegedly pointed a handgun at a group of people outside a Salem restaurant. Police said that Jack Buzzell, 22, of Salem and Robert Mears, 26, of Haverhill, Mass., were leaving T-Bones Restaurant Read More...
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By Pam Chaplowe-ruth With hopeful weariness, Sue said, “I hope some day to be in a better position, where I can pay it forward.” A quiet, grateful mother of two, Sue and her children are one of the many recipients of Salem’s Christmas Read More...
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By Darrell Halen During 18 years of her service as organist at the First Congregational Church of Salem, Ruth L. Henning did not miss one weekly service. Henning was the organist for a long stretch of time – beginning in the late 1960s or early Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor Of the four events at each competition – vault, beam, bars, and floor – six girls from each team compete. Only two athletes can compete in all four events and score in the all-around; the rest take part in a maximum Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor Now coach E.J. Perry has the unenviable task of finding not only someone to replace Savage’s clutch play, but also filling the holes created by the departure of three all-state cagers. “We try to reload rather than rebuild, Read More...
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By Ryan O’connor Last year’s 10-10 record and first-round playoff loss, said Briggs, was a reflection of a talented yet inconsistent team going through growing pains. And while hesitant to offer a 2007-’08 prediction, Briggs conceded Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Viewers of Windham Community Television may not know it, but there’s a new coordinator running its studio. Stacey Sofronas, 25, took over the position in mid-November and brings a lot of enthusiasm to the job. “I definitely Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Jessica Thibeault, 11, sprinkled colorful confetti on a plate before taking a whiff of a bowl of diced tomatoes and cucumbers mixed with balsamic dressing. “Smell this,” Lindsay Miller, 11, who had stirred the mixture, said Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Police are investigating a rash of car break-ins in Windham that were committed in late November and early December, according to Capt. Patrick Yatsevich. Items were stolen from at least five vehicles on Oriole Road. One woman reported Read More...
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By Darrell Halen The Pelham School Board announced recently that it has entered into an agreement to buy two parcels totaling approximately 43 acres for $3 million on which to build a new high school. The announcement was made at the board’s Wednesday, Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Salem property owners will see a 9 percent increase in the town portion of their tax bills next year if all warrant articles put forward by selectmen are approved in March. Director of Finance Jane Savastano said at the selectmen’s Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Police said they seized more than 20,000 counterfeit items and arrested 32 vendors for dealing in counterfeit goods at the Salem Flea Market. The raid at 18 Hampshire Road, conducted on Sunday, Dec. 2, involved close to 25 Salem officers Read More...
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