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News and Information for the Town of Salem
May 2008 - Posts
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Prior to the season, Curt Killion modestly said if certain pieces fell into place his team had a small shot at the playoffs. Two weeks and six contests in, the Salem girls tennis coach said the squad had to win every tight matchup Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR The Blue Devils may have put a thorough thrashing on his squad, but Central coach Mark Telge couldn’t be happier for those on the opposite side of the tennis court. Following an 8-1 Salem victory in the state semifinals on Read More...
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BY JENN MCDOWELL With gas prices flirting with the $4 mark, it’s a wonder people are sticking to their summer vacation plans. But for the most part they will, according to the American Automobile Association. They’ll just be more frugal. While Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE SALEM – Police arrested a Windham man suspected in a series of car break-ins this past month after he peered into a decoy car police left out as bait for him. Police said they witnessed Daniel Racca, 46, of Windham, pulling up to a Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bill Lozon may not be pulling bodies from the wreckage from the devastating earthquake that rocked China recently, but he and his company will have a hand into the recovery efforts in the aftermath of the natural disaster. Lozon, the Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A new plan for dealing with the town’s most central traffic problem at the Depot intersection may come through cooperation of businesses and abutters affected most by the regular traffic backup. By working with abutters, community Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL While the state standards for measuring adequacy among New Hampshire students were raised this year, the elementary and middle schools in Salem, Pelham and Windham did generally well overall, according to the results from the New England Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE SALEM – Plans to build a long-awaited skate park in town could go hand in hand with the need to revitalize Hedgehog Park, according to the town’s recreation director. Although the park at Hedgehog Pond has been a local attraction Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Michael Jolicoeur didn’t blink. When asked if revenge was on his Salem boys tennis team’s mind when it locked up with Central this season, the answer was a resounding “yes.” In 2007, Salem entered the same Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Susan Garofalo’s husband, Arthur, suffered sudden cardiac arrest while working out in a gym three years ago. An automated external defibrillator there was used to save his life. That sent Garofalo on a mission: to get AEDs into Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN When young students recently hopped to music at Littleville Learning Center, they were doing more than getting some good exercise. They were raising money for the American Cancer Society. On Wednesday, May 7, and Thursday, May 8, preschool, Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Although some Salem residents criticized the time and place, the selectmen’s goal-setting retreat set restoring Salem as the “Gateway City of New Hampshire” as a symbolic centerpiece among ongoing Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Both coaches assuredly had the contest circled when the schedule was released in April. But following Salem’s 2-0 win over Concord on Monday, May 5, Blue Devil mentor Harold Sachs and Concord’s Duke Sawyer could only Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Town Clerk Barbara Lessard was one of many town employees across the state to announce her retirement this year, citing the state of the New Hampshire retirement system as a reason for doing so. After putting in 23 years of service as Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL After performing alcohol compliance checks over the weekend of May 3, Salem police think businesses might be getting smart to their practices – either in not serving minors or in communicating with each other to slip under the radar. Read More...
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