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News and Information for the Town of Salem
November 2009 - Posts
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WINDHAM – Windham Parks and Recreation has set the annual tree-lighting festivities for Saturday, Dec. 5. Santa will arrive to the Town Hall area by fire truck escorted by the Salem High marching band and color guard. He will be located in the cable Read More...
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PELHAM – The Pelham Good Neighbor Fund committee is asking for your financial support to help individuals and families during Christmas with food, clothing and toys for the children. There are so many families in Pelham who are going to need help Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN WINDHAM – Louise Peltz and her family and friends have used a variety of ways to promote the Windham Turkey Trot – placing fliers in stores and on mailboxes, sending out press releases, contacting churches, notifying TV stations Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS After a heated two-hour discussion, selectmen tabled a plan to install lighting at Griffin Park until Nov. 23. Windham Baseball Softball League has raised $137,922 to illuminate the parking lot, center walkway and a Little League baseball Read More...
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BY SUZANNE D’AMATO To those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts. With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A local man is facing three felony drug charges after officers found a collection of narcotics and a large cache of used syringes in his apartment, police said. Screams led officers to 39- year-old Jason Smith’s 3 Brook Road home Read More...
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Three generations of Campbells take the mike at SHS BY DERRICK PERKINS It’s not love of the game that’s drawn three generations of Campbell men to the high school football broadcast booth, but a bond to each other and their hometown. Bernard Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS PELHAM – A local elementary school student suffering from an underlying medical condition died from complications related to the H1N1 virus Nov. 17, said state and town officials. Officials did not release many details about the Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR For years, Salem has been an 18-wheeler chugging down the Division I football freeway. SHS, frequently a powerful force, often seemed poised to flatten the competition, only to watch speedy Pinkerton Academy blaze past, garnering Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Dan Young said he believes if his Salem High School girls volleyball team had been allowed to continue to battle Spaulding for a few more hours, the score would have been deadlocked. Unfortunately for Young and the Blue Devils, the match Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Salem High School’s cheerleaders picked themselves up off the mat … literally. After the Blue Devil pyramid collapsed during competition the week prior to the Class L fall spirit competition, the team responded by tweaking Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A familiar face has stepped into the town manager’s shoes with Jonathan Sistare now off on a temporary medical leave of absence from the post. Former town manager and superintendent Henry LaBranche was tapped by selectmen to fill Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN While images of soldiers appeared on a large screen behind her, sixth-grade student Alli Kisiel spoke about the important role that veterans have played in America’s history. “Veterans are real life heroes. They are the people Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS When even Santa Claus is donating his time to keep an annual holiday parade afloat, it’s a sign of a tough economy. In better times, Selectman Patrick Hargreaves and a team of volunteers have fundraising for Salem’s Nov. Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Pinkerton Academy had no problem disposing of Salem during the regular season. What a difference a month makes. The Blue Devils girls volleyball team avenged a 3-0 loss on Sept. 26 by knocking the Astros out of the Division I tournament Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Peter Lally knows from experience what the Salem girls soccer team went through at Stellos Stadium. Lally’s No. 4 Manchester Central Little Green knocked off the No. 1-ranked Blue Devils in the Class L semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY For the time being at least, the only sure things in life remain death, taxes and, of course, Salem High School’s domination of New Hampshire boys volleyball. The undefeated Blue Devils won a sixth consecutive Division-I state championship Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A self-described “amateur comedian” charged with a threat that locked down Southern New Hampshire University for about an hour on Wednesday, Oct. 28, is headed back to New Hampshire Hospital to await trial, say prosecutors. Read More...
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