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• Salem hit hard by floods

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Gov. John Lynch and selectmen toured neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding on Monday, March 15, as a storm continued to lash the town with biting rain and chilly winds. About 15 roads were closed due to flooding around town, including Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:39 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, roads, Salem, governor, Flooding

• Charity money restored. Voters reject new water meter plan at second session.

  BY DERRICK PERKINS New water meters aren’t in the cards this year, but voters restored taxpayer money for a slew of local nonprofit organizations and backed a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment defining marriage. Selectmen stopped Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:37 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Salem, water meters, voting

• Mass. and N.H want to charge to cross border

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Local officials find themselves in a traffic jam with cash-strapped New Hampshire and Massachusetts both hoping to generate millions in tolls from motorists crossing the border on I-93. Whether tollbooths are built north or south of Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:07 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Salem, tolls, Department of Transportation

• Selectmen stipend removed from budget

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen will let voters decide if the board gets paid next year. The five-member board declined to add roughly $16,000 – about $3,000 annually in pay and benefits per selectman – to a budget amendment Dec. 7. Selectman Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Budget, Salem, voting

• 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: Selectmen, Salem, demolition, Flooding

• 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: Selectmen, taxes, Salem

• No action taken in Hargreaves inquiry

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen concluded a two-and-a-half hour public inquiry on July 13 into the alleged unethical conduct of Selectman Patrick Hargreaves without taking action against him. Hargreaves had come under fire from Salem Police Chief Paul Donovan Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:08 PM by Salem Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Salem, salem police, conduct

• Salem Selectman to be investigated for using influence

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectman Patrick Hargreaves has come under fire for allegedly trying to use his position as a member of the board to influence a police officer during a June 13 confrontation with a patrolman. In a letter written to Town Manager Jonathan Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:24 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Police Department, Salem, misconduct

• Selectmen consider possible loss of $1.3 million from state

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen are preparing to take a hard look at the town’s finances as they face a potential loss of $1.3 million in state funding to the municipality at the start of July. Budget Committee Chairman Peter Rayno urged selectmen Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:14 PM by Salem Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, finances, Budget, Salem

• Stimulus money now more likely to be available for Canobie project

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters may be asked to weigh in on the Canobie Phase II water and sewer project for a second time after blocking an attempt to move forward with the $4.1 million project less then a month ago. Selectmen voted on Monday, June 1, to give Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:08 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, sewer, stimulus funds, Salem, Canobie, voting

• Salem charter commission plans move ahead

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen took another step toward making changes in the town’s form of government by making preparations for a May special election to determine the makeup of a charter commission. Selectmen plan to officially set the date for Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:08 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Salem, charter commission, voting, election

• Voters deny raises to Salem teachers, other school employees

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters approved the town’s proposed $32,950,575 operating budget for the 2009 by nearly a thousand votes in Tuesday’s balloting. The budget passed 2,174 to 1,202. About 17.6 percent of registered voters turned out at the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:19 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Budget, zoning, raises, Salem, teachers, voting

• Salem selectmen vote to put charter question on March ballot

  BY DERRICK PERKINS In a unanimous vote in favor of putting a measure that could change town governance before voters in March, selectmen said they were acting on the will of the people. The board endorsed a recommendation made by Charter Reform Committee Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:37 PM by Salem Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Selectmen, Salem, voting

• Salem board opposes special election for charter commission

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A proposal that would pave the way for changing town government may not be put before voters as selectmen mull over the cost of holding a special election to form a charter reform commission. “I wouldn’t call a special town Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: selectman, Selectmen, Salem, voting

• Collection agency called in for Salem ambulance bills

  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... Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:57 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Health & Fitness, selectman, Selectmen, fire department, Salem