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• 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

• Victorian Park says goodbye to Halloween haunts

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A local Halloween haunt is headed to the other side 13 years after its first screams, but fear monger Larry Belair isn’t nailing the lid on the coffin just yet. Larry Belair, owner of Victorian Park, said the decision to shutter Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:53 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Halloween, Victorian Park

• Keeping promise, taxes stay steady

  BY DERRICK PERKINS To keep a promise made to voters last March, Salem selectmen will dip deeper into the town’s unreserved balance rather than raise taxes in December. But higher town taxes will be unavoidable in 2010. The decision came Oct. 19 Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:47 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, Selectmen

• Haigh School remains open

  BY DERRICK PERKINS The Walter F. Haigh Elementary School is here to stay. The School Board voted 4-1 on Oct. 20 to keep the 55-year-old building open and pursue a master facilities plan incorporating all six elementary schools in Salem. The move came Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:45 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, school board, Haigh Elementary

• SHS grows closer while tackling roadblock of inconsistency

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY For the Salem girls volleyball team, chemistry wasn’t an elective, it was a requirement. Head coach Dan Young said his squad has faced a variety of hurdles, including position changes due to inconsistent play, that have brought Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:14 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, volleyball, High School Sports

• Unbeaten Salem grinds down North with ground game

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Nashua North’s defense had their hands on Max Jacques and Jerickson Fedrick all game. The Titans just couldn’t hold on. The electrifying pair of Salem running backs dashed for a combined 496 yards and seven touchdowns. Much Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:11 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, football, High School Sports

• Old Town Hall named to New Hampshire Register of Historic Places

  BY DERRICK PERKINS What’s the connection between the Old Town Hall and the Washington National Cathedral? A 19thcentury English architect by the name of Henry Vaughan, according to preservation consultant Lisa Mausolf. Mausolf was hired by Salem’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:01 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Town Hall, Historic Places, registry

• Salem toddler beats cancer, now parents want to help

  BY DERRICK PERKINS When John Rufo learned his baby daughter had a cancerous tumor on her kidney, he stepped out of the hospital emergency room and vomited in the parking lot. “How can anything go wrong with a 10-month-old baby, especially my child? Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:41 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Health & Fitness, cancer, blood drive

• Arlington Pond homeowner fined $25K

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Town officials say the $25,000 penalty Michael Pantaleo owes the state for ignoring environmental laws to protect shorelines should serve as a cautionary tale for other waterfront homeowners. Bill Carter, chairman of the Conservation Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:17 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, environmental, fine, Conservation Commission

• Exit 1 done

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Right on schedule, the traffic cones have been hauled away, police details have vanished and workers have disappeared: Exit 1 off of Interstate 93 is all but officially a finished job. After spending two years on the project, the bulk Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:14 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, road improvements, Route 93, Exit 1