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News and Information for the Town of Salem
June 2008 - Posts
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METHUEN, Mass. – Three tight victories propelled the 12U ASA Northeast Hurricanes to the Methuen Start of Summer Tournament championship. The team went 6-1 during the weekend tourney, which took place June 6 to 8. “The reason the tournament Read More...
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BY LYNNE SNIERSON Five players from the poker room at Rockingham Park, who each won a seat worth $10,000 to the World Series of Poker, already know what they will do with the multi-million dollar prize up for grabs. “The jackpot last year was $8.5 Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A Salem man who is registered as a sex offender and served 17 years in a military prison for a rape and murder will face trial on charges he sexually molested a young girl related to him during February 2007. George Quintero, 43, of Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen held off on making a decision to petition for a special town meeting in the fall that would allow them to move toward rebuilding two bridges on the state’s red list. During the Monday, June 23, meeting, selectmen discussed Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Town officials honored the return of the son of one of their own from Afghanistan last week with a highway overpass flag display and motorcycle escort from the airport. Thomas Russell, the son of the Director of Public Works Rick Russell, Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK CONCORD – They claim a storied history. They expected to triumph. And why not? That’s what the girls of Salem softball do – perennially. However, this year in Class L, parity prevailed. Change was evident throughout a Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Matt Benson didn’t want to imagine it any other way. Dan Keleher had something different in mind. On Saturday, June 14, at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium in Manchester, it was Benson who got his wish. The fifth-year Goffstown baseball Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL Salem police have charged two Lawrence, Mass., women for incidents occurring in the sweltering temperatures during the second week of June, one for leaving her child in the car and another for leaving her dog in the car. Temperatures Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A Salem man who served time for rape and murder has been arrested on warrants for felonious sexual assault and aggravated felonious sexual assault, Salem police said. George Quintero, 43, of 75 Wheeler Ave., allegedly kissed and inappropriately Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A Salem businessman and philanthropist died of serious head injuries he sustained after crashing his motorcycle on Millville Street. Stephen Devito, 45, of 12 Arlington Pond Court, was not wearing a helmet on Thursday, June 12, at around Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK CONCORD – Katie Bettencourt’s hard-hit ground ball scooted past Alvirne’s right fielder, Jade Morrison dashed home from first base, and, just like that, the Blue Devils escaped the Class L quarterfinal round with a 13-inning, Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Dan Keleher hates the system, and he’s not about to sugarcoat or deny his disdain, not even this year, as his Salem baseball team continues to win despite the conflicts the NHIAA’s playoff format creates for top seeds Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN During the four years they spent at Salem High School, Will Donovan and Sarah Yunes never received anything other than A’s on their report cards. And both students accomplished that while taking some of the school’s most rigorous Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL The town will likely not have to draw upon a line of credit the Board of Selectmen authorized in anticipation of an end-of-year funding shortage. “‘I’m 99 percent sure that we’re not going to need to borrow at Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Faith Wahlen thought they might have a shot. The No. 6 Lady Blue Devils, who compiled a 9-6 regular season record, forged a two-goal lead in the first half of the Division I quarterfinals against 13-3 Londonderry, the No. 3 seed. Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR They finally made it to the altar. All that was left was a lift of the veil for a ceremonial kiss. In this case, the altar was the Class L boys tennis title match, and the kiss was the finishing touch on an undefeated season. The Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A structural engineer has deemed the parking deck at the Rockingham Mall safe after a street sweeper’s tires cracked the concrete and got stuck. The sweeper was cleaning the second floor of the 17- year-old structure at around 6:45 Read More...
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BY BRYANNE CORNELL Salem High School sophomore Jamie Klufts, 16, began her career as a fashion designer when she was in fourth grade. Her flip-flop company, Divalicious, is the name her friend’s mother helped the girls come up years ago while they Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE SALEM – A Massachusetts man was charged with assault after he was allegedly seen beating his 2- year-old son at a Salem restaurant. Willy Cordero, 22, of Lawrence , Mass., was arrested on Friday, May 30, after an employee of the Weathervane Read More...
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