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News and Information for the Town of Salem
November 2008 - Posts
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BY DONNA KISH If you asked Salem resident Anthony Bellomo what he wanted most for his eighth birthday, you might be pleasantly surprised. Instead of gifts, Anthony, a second-grader at North Salem School, asked his friends to bring food donations to his Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS After a 16-year drought, Hawkins Farm could once again become the site of renewed farming as town officials consider what to do with the land purchased by the Conservation Commission in August. The 15-acre piece of farmland that runs Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A proposal that would pave the way for changing town government may not be put before voters as selectmen mull over the cost of holding a special election to form a charter reform commission. “I wouldn’t call a special town Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN When Salem’s Nativity scene returns to the town common for this year’s holiday season, there will be a new manger at the site – thanks to the efforts of a local Boy Scout. Jim Southwick, 16, organized the construction Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN During the 27 years he ran Salem’s welfare department, Bob Loranger met people at the lowest points of their life – folks who had been thrown out of work, who got sick and were in danger of losing their homes, who were without Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS State officials are working with law enforcement and local educators to ensure that students and parents understand how to safely and responsibly use technology after graphic images of young women circulated through the high school Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS As consumers flood the retail stores up and down the Route 28 strip for the start of the holiday season, law enforcement officials have seen a surge in shoplifting and shopping-related crime. Salem police got reports of two stolen purses, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY For two games, the Salem High School girls volleyball team played like two-time defending state champions. It was the other three games against Spaulding that proved to be the problem for the Blue Devils, who were eliminated, 22-25, 19-25, Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK Surrounded by reporters after his team’s loss to top-ranked, unbeaten Merrimack, Kendrick Whittle answered every question dutifully and politely, but his mind was elsewhere. For proof, any onlooker needed only to follow his eyes. Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS While selectmen are considering pursuing a plan to allow residents to pay their tax bills and other town fees with credit or debit cards online, that convenience could come with a hefty fee. “People think they can just go online Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Parents of Salem High School students met with school and law enforcement officials to address the issue of graphic photographs of young women that circulated throughout the student body via cell phones late last week. Administrators, Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR It was a season of development and, likely, a positive sign of things to come. The Salem boys soccer team jumped to a 5-2-0 record before finishing 6-9-1, good enough for the No. 12 seed in the highly competitive Class L playoffs. Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR If you’ve been to enough physics classes, you’ve probably faced the age-old question: what happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force. It’s a trick question. Salem is both the immovable object Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS The owners of Sayde’s Restaurant at 136 Cluff Crossing Road have been convicted of several misdemeanors for a video gambling operation over the span of two years beginning in 2005. Gus and Sayde Kassis were fined $45,000 after Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Far from the neon lights of the Las Vegas strip, Rockingham Park’s Poker Room has seen table games rise in popularity while casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City suffer revenue losses. Though horse betting has fallen by about Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Officials at the New Hampshire Department of Transportation are calling the opening of the Exit 2 bus terminal off of Interstate 93 – tentatively scheduled for Nov. 17 – a significant milestone. “It’s one of Read More...
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