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• Salem says charter doesn’t provide for Budget Committee

  BY JIM DEVINE A look at the town’s charter by the new town manager has revealed the Municipal Budget Committee has no standing in the town’s government operations. According to an interpretation of state laws, Salem Town Manager Jonathan Sistare Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:58 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Budget, salemm

• 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

• Company wants slots at Rockingham

  By Darrell Halen An audience of business people, local officials and state legislators got a look at plans for a revitalized Rockingham Park, presented by a company that hopes to bring 3,000 video slot machines to the 101-year-old Salem landmark. William Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:30 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, Budget, Rockingham Park

• Selectmen back new police station

  By Darrell Halen A $7.3 million proposal to build a new police station was unanimously backed by Salem selectmen and appears to have the support of most Budget Committee members. Plans call for a 26,000-square-foot building that would be constructed behind Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:37 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, Political, Police, taxes, Budget

• Salem High gym size cut; saves $1 million

  BY MATT HERSH A proposed plan to build a new athletics facility at Salem High School has been cut back, reducing the size and cost of the project. At a recent meeting, the school district’s Facilities Committee decided to reduce the size of the Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:44 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, sports, schools, Budget

• Costly exit – Salem retirement costs double this year due to state program

  BY MATT HERSH A now defunct state pilot program is at the root of Salem’s retirement costs being almost double what was budgeted. The town will have to pay as much as $675,662 to employees planning to retire over the summer and in the fall, according Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:18 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, Selectmen, retirement

• Trimming back – $40 million high school plan may be changed to save money

  BY MATT HERSH Only a month after Salem school officials announced their $40 million high school renovation plan, they’re already considering scaling it back. Members of the Budget Committee and the Board of Selectmen recently had their first official Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:03 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, schools, Budget

• Hargreaves wins selectman seat – Stephen Campbell returns to budget committee

  BY MATT HERSH Salem voters have approved the school district’s $49,849,647 budget and more than $1 million in additional warrant articles. Despite public criticism of the district’s budget by some members of the public, voters passed it by Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:53 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Political, Budget

• School tax increase makes tempers rise

  BY MATT HERSH When former Salem Budget Committee member Stephen Campbell watched the current committee negotiate this year’s school budget, all he felt was disappointment. With an overall increase of 8.5 percent after budget committee cuts, Campbell Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:32 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, schools, Budget

• School budget up 8.5 percent

  BY MATT HERSH After $131,000 in cuts and a preliminary vote by the budget committee on Wednesday, Dec. 13, the Salem School District’s 2007 budget is still an 8.5 percent increase from last year. When school officials presented their $46.5 million Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:58 AM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, schools, Budget

• Salem may see level-funded budget

  BY MATT HERSH After considering possible warrant articles, the potential for a level-funded budget or something close to it may be good, Salem selectmen said. A level-funded budget will have the town paying the same amount this year as last year. “Depending Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:25 AM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget