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• Salem deputy chief assaulted

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A disorderly patron allegedly struck a deputy police chief inside the Poker Room at the Rockingham Park racetrack after management asked him to leave at about 10:15 p.m. on Sept. 23. According to police, 30- year-old Christopher McNeil Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:50 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, crime, Police, Rockingham Park, assault

• Company files bankruptcy to keep Rockingham Park from taking over

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Days before a ban from the state’s largest gambling venue was set to go into effect, the company that runs the popular Poker Room at the Rockingham Park racetrack filed for bankruptcy. Attorney Joshua Menard said he filed Granite Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:44 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park, Granite State Poker, bankruptcy

• Rockingham Park collects nearly 5,000 pounds of pet food

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Overwhelming,” was how Lynne Snierson, standing beside a mountain of dog chow, bird seed and cat food, described the response to the Fourth of July weekend pet food drive at Rockingham Park. “The outpouring of love and compassion Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:59 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park, pets, donations

• Salem officials hope this is the year for expanded gambling

  BY DERRICK PERKINS As the Senate prepares to tackle the state budget, officials in Salem have their fingers crossed that this will the year that expanded gambling comes to the Rockingham Park Racetrack. “It’s been going on for years. I remember Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:18 PM by Salem Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Salem, gambling, Rockingham Park, Senate

• Body found at Rockingham Park Racetrack

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Police officials are waiting for the autopsy and toxicology results on the body of a 23- year-old woman found dead at the Rockingham Park Racetrack on May 21, but are not considering her death as suspicious. The body of the woman was Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:03 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park, death, Police Department

• Advocates say N.H. can still beat Bay State to expand gambling

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Though he does not come to the Rockingham Park racetrack regularly, Dennis Hansbury doesn’t think the prospect of casinos across the border will lure him away in the future. A Massachusetts resident, Hansbury – who spent Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:50 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, gambling, Rockingham Park

• Bomb threat leads to arrest in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS An investigation into a phoned-in bomb threat at the Mall at Rockingham Park led coincidentally to the arrest of an Apple Store employee who allegedly stole a set of speakers valued at $100. On April 5, police said they found the speakers Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:08 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, fire department, Rockingham Park, bomb threat

• Comparing casinos - Proponents say Rockingham would be a success like others

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A few hundred miles south of Rockingham Park, Barry Endy, 75, has spent much of his life in the Pennsylvanian township of North Strabane where he has watched the community grow up around a racetrack reinvigorated by a new casino. “The Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:53 PM by Salem Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Salem, gambling, Rockingham Park, casino

• Trainess find heading Salem poker table is harder than it looks

  BY DERRICK PERKINS “Until the river (card) that deck is in your hand. You never want to drop that deck. The integrity of the deck and the integrity of the game, you always want to keep it,” Tony Bantis tells the men and women training as poker Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:54 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park

• Poker at Salem's Rockingham Park holding its own

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Far from the neon lights of the Las Vegas strip, Rockingham Park’s Poker Room has seen table games rise in popularity while casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City suffer revenue losses. Though horse betting has fallen by about Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:53 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park

• Salem poker room winners to compete in Vegas' World Series of Poker

  BY LYNNE SNIERSON Five players from the poker room at Rockingham Park, who each won a seat worth $10,000 to the World Series of Poker, already know what they will do with the multi-million dollar prize up for grabs. “The jackpot last year was $8.5 Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:19 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park

• Salem mall parking deck safe after sweeper truck got stuck in holes

  BY JENN McDOWELL A structural engineer has deemed the parking deck at the Rockingham Mall safe after a street sweeper’s tires cracked the concrete and got stuck. The sweeper was cleaning the second floor of the 17- year-old structure at around 6:45 Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:46 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Rockingham Park

• 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

• Game on – Salem officials speak in favor of video gambling at Rockingham

  BY MATT HERSH With the prospect of video gambling at Rockingham Park on the horizon once again, town officials and residents have told the state House of Representatives that they’re in full support. Several officials, along with Rockingham Park Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:59 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, gambling, Rockingham Park