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News and Information for the Town of Salem
August 2009 - Posts
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Kendrick Whittle is confident this year’s group is fit for another deep run in the Class L postseason. Indeed, after losing three starters from last season’s semifinalists, the Salem High School girls soccer coach was greeted Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS School district officials say they are ready to roll out the town’s first public kindergarten program for the inaugural 213 students when the school year begins Sept. 2. “We’re good to go,” Edie Soley, assistant Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS The charter commission has begun looking at adopting a town council form of government, though Chairman Robert Campbell is quick to point out that nothing is set in stone. Campbell said the ninemember commission has reached a tentative Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Brian Godfrey has never met Milana Rufo. But the 20- month-old Salem girl, who was treated for a kidney tumor at the Jimmy Fund Clinic in Boston, will inspire Godfrey as he walks to raise money for cancer care and treatment. Godfrey, Read More...
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By Darrell Halen Last summer, Laura Preston learned how to make and test asphalt samples at the University of New Hampshire. The science teacher then used that knowledge to develop a lesson for her own geology students at Salem High School. She not only Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS The Planning Board approved a new town-wide traffic impact fee system by a 6-1 vote on Aug. 11, but not before tweaking the proposal to offset concerns raised by local developers. Under the original plan, roadway construction cost assumptions Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Three local teenagers are facing multiple charges stemming from what authorities are describing as a month-and-a-half-long crime spree that caused roughly $5,000 in damages. According to police, the trio – a 16-year-old from Windham Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS After finishing up her daily exercise routine at the Ingram Senior Center, Dorothy Beal praised the newly opened addition to the building, saying that it has kept her friends from bumping into one another during their workouts. More Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A little more than a week after Marine Cpl. Edmund Vandecasteele IV died in an automobile crash on the other side of the country, his body was laid to rest in the veteran’s section of Pine Grove Cemetery. Family, friends and fellow Read More...
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Women who have learned the basics of fly-fishing and seek to build their skills can learn more about this sport at a Becoming an Outdoors- Woman (BOW) intermediate fly-fishing weekend workshop, Sept. 25 to 27, at Purity Spring Resort in Madison. Participants Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Five years ago, when Jamie Naylor heard about an all-women’s football league, she thought, “I could do that.” She was right. Naylor, a 2000 Salem High School graduate, recently finished her fifth year with the Manchester Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Armed with little more than a couple of coordinates and a GPS device, Melanie Murray hits the trail with her miniature pinscher, Peanut Butter, every spare chance she gets, searching across New England for packages known as “geocaches.” Read More...
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