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• Town faces budgeting in bad economy

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Facing state funding reductions and revenue shortfalls in what the town manager described as the “worst economic climate in 70 years,” selectmen made their first review of the recommended $41.3 million town operating budget Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2:57 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, economy

• Salem Charter Commission discusses voter involvement

  BY DERRICK PERKINS The question of how to improve and possibly restructure municipal government while fostering a more active citizenry dominated a public discussion hosted by the Charter Commission on July 2. The town’s newly formed commission Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:04 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, charter commission, government

• Selectmen consider possible loss of $1.3 million from state

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen are preparing to take a hard look at the town’s finances as they face a potential loss of $1.3 million in state funding to the municipality at the start of July. Budget Committee Chairman Peter Rayno urged selectmen Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:14 PM by Salem Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, Selectmen, finances

• Salem DPW tries to keep up as budget becomes depleted

  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... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:31 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, snow, Department of Public Works, plowing

• Voters deny raises to Salem teachers, other school employees

  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... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:19 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, Selectmen, voting, zoning, teachers, raises

• Money restored to budget for Salem kindergarten

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Residents voted overwhelming to restore $1.6 million in funding to the Salem School District’s operating budget for a state-mandated kindergarten program at the district’s Feb. 5 deliberative session of School District Meeting. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:56 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, Kindergarten

• Salem schools could lose $5 million without kindergarten

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Superintendent Michael Delahanty worries that the penalty for not starting a kindergarten program could come at the cost of financial aid, though state officials have not made a clear decision on what actions may be taken. Any of the Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:27 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, Budget, Kindergarten, school board

• District considers other ways to fund Salem kindergarten

  BY DERRICK PERKINS With hopes of having funding restored for kindergarten pinned on a Feb. 5 deliberative session, school officials are examining what budget cuts could be made to ensure the program is in place come fall. According to Superintendent Michael Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:21 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, Kindergarten, School district

• Critics say Salem board should fight kindergarten plan

  BY DERRICK PERKINS One member of the budget committee has criticized the Salem School Board for not following nearby Hudson in challenging the state’s public kindergarten mandate in court. “It just annoys me that the School Board is ignoring Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:22 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, Budget, voting, Kindergarten, school board

• $33 Million budget proposed in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectman reviewed for the first time the proposed $33 million operating budget that covers the cost of leasing five new vehicles, roadwork and bridgework in the 2009 fiscal year. The proposed budget, reviewed Monday, Aug. 25, comes Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:04 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, budget committee

• Salem police responsible for $80,000 budget shortfall

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Salem financial officials have put the town’s departments on notice to tighten their belts as fuel prices dip deeply into municipal budgets. After a budget shortfall from the increased cost of fuel of $150,000 already this year, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:37 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Police, Budget, fuel, town

• The rising cost of fuel in Salem, Pelham and Windham

  BY JENN McDOWELL Alice Campbell of Salem, retired and living alone in her home, said she’s not sure how she’s going to deal with heating oil expenses that add up to even more than what she paid last winter, which was about $2,000 total for Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:00 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Windham, Budget, Pelham, fuel

• Failed Salem special ed warrant may affect school spending on other items

  BY JIM DEVINE SALEM – Although the school district budget passed March 11, the failure of a deficit spending article for ballooning special education costs has put pressure on supply purchases, school officials said. “It’s not necessarily Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:04 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, voting, school

• New police station tops town warrants

  By Darrell Halen A proposed $32 million operating budget and a $7 million warrant article to construct a new police station top the list of warrant articles Salem voters will consider when they gather for the town’s first deliberative session of Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:42 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, Police, taxes, Budget

• Renovation funds among warrant articles up for debate

  By Darrell Halen A $53.5 million operating budget, money to plan for a high school renovation and a new contract with teachers and other professionals are among the Salem School District warrant articles voters will see this year. The district’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, Budget, teachers, high school