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• Season of Giving: Communities gear up to help those in need

  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... Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:29 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas Fund, Holidays, Giving

• Drugs lead to arrest, 350 syringes found in apartment

  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... Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:40 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, drugs, drug arrest

• Family business: football

  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... Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, football, salem high school, Campbell family

• Blue Devils blow into state fi nal after navigating choppy second half of semis

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:12 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, football, High School Sports

• Salem battles top-ranked Spaulding before falling in fi ve games

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:50 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, volleyball, High School Sports

• In winning fall championship, Salem routine is anything but …

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:44 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, cheerleading, High School Sports

• LaBranche subs for town manager in Salem

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:42 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, LaBranche, town manager

• Woodbury School program honors veterans

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:39 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Woodbury School, Veterans Day

• Santa waives fee, but organizers are still short funds

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:31 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, fundraising, parade

• After midseason switches, Salem rolls, faces champs

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, volleyball, High School Sports

• Defending champ Central edges top-ranked Salem

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:36 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, soccer, High School Sports

• Salem High School responds to challenge, beats Timberlane in finals

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:31 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, volleyball, High School Sports

• SNHU locked down, Derry man arrested

  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... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:20 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, arrest, criminal threatening, SNHU

• Salem falls in overtime of quarterfi nals after breathtaking battle

  BY JERRY LIPTAK Salem High’s field hockey team took its fans on a wild roller coaster ride in Class L’s quarterfinal playoff round. But the hosts from Exeter High abruptly stopped the locals’ fun. Two teams that entered the postseason Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:17 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, field hockey, High School Sports

• Town to buy, demolish 9 Haigh Avenue homes

  BY DERRICK PERKINS After two decades of flooding, Norbert Pestana was awash with relief when he learned town officials want to buy and demolish his Haigh Avenue home. Since 1983, Pestana has watched as the home where he and his wife Helen raised their Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:02 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Selectmen, Flooding, demolition