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News and Information for the Town of Salem
March 2009 - Posts
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY The last two years, tears routinely fell in the locker rooms of Salem opponents. Not this year. After consecutive Class L state championships, the Blue Devil boys basketball team fell just short of a third straight finals appearance, Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS St. Patrick’s Day left some holiday revelers with more than just a hangover earlier this month. Police arrested and charged five individuals with DWIs throughout the daylong celebration in honor of Ireland’s patron saint Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Gov. John Lynch called for a commitment to cooperation as the way forward for a nation in crisis amid the music of bagpipes at the ceremony for this year’s recipient of the John P. Ganley Community Service Award. “We’re Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS With the votes tallied from the March 24 primary, two local women are now set to go head to head for the open District 4 House seat. Former state representative and Salem resident Marilinda Garcia handily defeated three other Republican Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS An 18-year-old man arrested earlier this month for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license is facing more legal problems after he allegedly harassed a local police officer set to testify against him in court. Police have Read More...
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BY TRENT SPINER Nearly breaking down into tears, Scott Hanks, 50, pleaded guilty to murder on Monday, March 23, while apologizing to the family of a man whom he stabbed multiple times in the abdomen with a Samurai sword. But his words were not enough Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR EJ Perry had a question for those who predicted his Salem boys hoops squad would fall, at home, to Bishop Guertin in the quarterfinals of the Class L tournament. “Do they know anything about basketball?” Salem took an Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Yes, they perform their own stunts. The Salem High School winter spirit team, led by several experienced stunt groups, won the Class L competition on Saturday, March 14, to take the state title and continue its season at least through Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen took another step toward making changes in the town’s form of government by making preparations for a May special election to determine the makeup of a charter commission. Selectmen plan to officially set the date for Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS For school officials and union representatives it may be back to the drawing board after voters rejected every collective bargaining agreement that affected the tax rate at the ballot box. Voters turned down proposed raises for the Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY After erasing a 3-0 deficit in the first round of the Division I tournament against West, Salem was unable to hold onto a 2-0 lead versus Bishop Guertin, falling in overtime to the one-loss Cardinals. On March 4, the Blue Devils won, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY The young Salem girls basketball team fell to Dover, 55-44, in the first round of the Class L girls basketball tournament on March 4. “It was a back-and-forth game until the fourth, when Dover stepped up and scored a bunch under Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A slew of appropriations are due to come before Salem voters on Saturday, March 14, as town officials look to residents to approve the purchase of a new fire engine, ambulance, dump truck and other service vehicles at the second deliberative Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A new nationwide study that indicates teens have become more likely to talk to adults about drug use, but educators are not letting up when it comes to opening up dialogue between students and their parents. According to the New Hampshire Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS It’s been a long, cold winter for Public Works employees to weather as at least 14 different snowstorms have already melted through the entirety of the department’s $500,000 snow removal budget. With spring in sight, officials Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters approved the town’s proposed $32,950,575 operating budget for the 2009 by nearly a thousand votes in Tuesday’s balloting. The budget passed 2,174 to 1,202. About 17.6 percent of registered voters turned out at the Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Salem earned representation at New England regionals after a pair of Blue Devil wrestlers earned top-three finishes at the Meet of Champions (MOC). Zach Hicks was second at 112 pounds and Steve Comtois was third in the 171-pound weight Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN What better way to put a smile on a sick or needy child’s face at Easter than by giving them a new stuffed bunny to hug? Arianna Centazzo hopes to make hundreds of children happy this year. That’s why the 6-year-old Salem Read More...
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BY TRENT SPINER Accused Samurai sword killer Scott Hanks gave notice Tuesday, March 3, that he intends to plead guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of his former friend, William Solberg. Hanks, 49, of Salem, was scheduled to face Read More...
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