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BY DERRICK PERKINS Fire officials hope the switch to a new townwide communication system will make it easier to get emergency information out to residents without affecting the department’s bottom line. Though emergency management officials have Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS An unattended stove sparked the April 2 fire inside of a Westgate Arms apartment building that left one man hospitalized and roughly 30 people without a home, fire officials said. The three-alarm blaze began inside Apt. 12 of the three-story Read More...
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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...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS A slew of appropriations are due to come before Salem voters on Saturday, March 14, as town officials look to residents to approve the purchase of a new fire engine, ambulance, dump truck and other service vehicles at the second deliberative Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Mike Wallace recently closed a 22-year career at the Salem Fire Department. But his dedication to fire service is by no means over. Wallace, who served as deputy fire chief since 2002 and retired from the department Dec. 31, plans to Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS The death of a 77- year-old man from carbon monoxide poisoning occurred after power to his home had been restored, officials said. Alexander Conca returned home at 13 Mason Drive on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to check up on his residence after Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Jeffrey Emanuelson lost power after the Dec. 11 ice storm like hundreds of thousands of others across the state. But instead of hunkering down with his family for a long, dark weekend in front of a fireplace like so many others, Emanuelson Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY People are still dealing with the aftermath of the ice storm that left a good portion of the state without electricity and heat. Power companies are working as quickly as possible to restore power, bringing in crews from other states, Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS The arrest of a Massachusetts man over an alleged stolen car stereo led to the discovery of a potentially life-threatening arson attempt in a trailer park, police said. Police charged Robert Zuill, 38, of Lawrence, Mass., with receiving Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Robert Ventullo, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, said his admiration for the men and women who serve as police officers and firefighters led him to present the town with three flags flown at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. “It’s Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A woman was trapped in an elevator for about half an hour when a transformer near the food court at the Rockingham Mall malfunctioned, causing electrical glitches. The woman, who left immediately after being rescued and was not identified, Read More...
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BY DERRICK PERKINS Fire and finance department officials are making a break with tradition by enlisting the services of a collection agency to help recoup some of the $132,000 owed to the town in outstanding ambulance bills. In March, Director of Finance Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE SALEM – A fire from last week where rescue workers saved three small dogs from a Millville Street home has been deemed suspicious by investigators. Despite heavy snowfall throughout the day on Friday, Feb. 22, firefighters were able Read More...
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BY LESLIE A. TOOMY Hundreds of families flocked to the Salem Central Fire Station on a recent humid autumn day to climb into the driver’s seat of Engine One and other fire safety vehicles, witness firefighters extinguish a demonstration car fire, Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Salem police and fire officials are investigating what has been called a suspicious fire that destroyed a local eatery on Saturday, April 28. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. at the Canobie Clam Box at 80 North Policy St., according to Deputy Read More...
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