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• JamFest is Sept. 26 at Field of Dreams

  Salem’s Field of Dreams park will celebrate fall with an afternoon of bands and barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 26. JamFest will run from noon to 5 p.m. It features local bands George & Company, The Clay Tiles, threeplay and others. Admission is Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:55 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, field of dreams, JamFest

• Toy sale and fun fair is April 18 at Woodbury Middle School in Salem

  Salem Family Resources-Success By 6 will host its annual toy sale and family fun fair on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Woodbury Middle School, 206 Main St. Salem. This year’s theme is “The Magic of Spring.” Activities Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:31 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, Woodbury School, fair

• Teens talk more about drugs with parents, study shows

  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... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:34 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, drugs, teenagers, parents

• Salem kindergarten plans underway - students signing up

  BY DERRICK PERKINS With funding for Salem’s public kindergarten program now restored to the school district’s operating budget, officials look forward to tying up the administrative details in time for the start of school in the fall. About Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:41 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, Kindergarten, school board, school

• 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

• Restoring kindergarten money to be discussed in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters will have the chance to either restore funding for the state-mandated kindergarten program to the budget or leave it by the wayside at the deliberative session of the School District meeting on Feb. 5. The school district’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:11 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, voting, Kindergarten, school board

• Money from Obama could be used to improve Salem's bike-ped corridor

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Part of President-elect Obama’s economic stimulus package may fund a series of bicycle and pedestrian paths throughout town, though Bike-Ped Corridor Committee members caution against being overly optimistic. “It’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:19 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, sports, obama

• Salem school officials disappointed by decision to remove kindergarten from budget

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A Budget Committee decision to remove kindergarten from the school district’s proposed budget for next year has made starting the program more difficult, but not impossible, say officials. According to Superintendent Michael Delahanty, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:10 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, voting, Kindergarten, school board

• Salem boys make Lazarus House their project

  BY DARRELL HALEN The freshman boys basketball team at Salem High School is off to a good start, having won their first two games of the season. But the players are accomplishing something more important than the number of points they put on the scoreboard. Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:25 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Kids & Family, basketball, fundraising, salem high school

• 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

• 6-year-old Salem boy wins motocross titles in his rookie year

  On Jan. 1, 2008, 6- year-old Hunter Santo of Salem had no idea what the next 12 months would bring to his life. This would be his first calendar year racing motocross – his rookie year. Since winter in New England poses its challenges for riding Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:46 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, sports

• Multiple uses planned for Salem's Hawkins Farm

  BY DERRICK PERKINS After a 16-year drought, Hawkins Farm could once again become the site of renewed farming as town officials consider what to do with the land purchased by the Conservation Commission in August. The 15-acre piece of farmland that runs Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, On the Trails

• Training helps prevent violence at haunted attractions

  BY DERRICK PERKINS What stands between a rowdy haunted house guest from bumping back at the things that go bump in the night? A well-trained, observant and experienced staff, according to Larry Belair owner of Victorian Park’s Haunted Mansion. Violent Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:36 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, candia

• More people using Salem food pantry

  BY DARRELL HALEN During its previous fiscal year, which ended June 30, the emergency food pantry at the Greater Salem Community Action Center served 754 people from 295 households. This year, as families continue to struggle in a troubled economy, those Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:02 PM by Salem Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family

• Salem dirty house trial begins

  BY JENN McDOWELL The trial for Michael and Maureen Bell, accused of housing their five children in an uninhabitable home, will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Salem District Court. The Bells have been charged with five counts each of endangering the welfare Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:46 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, crime, Police, Family