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BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen held off on making a decision to petition for a special town meeting in the fall that would allow them to move toward rebuilding two bridges on the state’s red list. During the Monday, June 23, meeting, selectmen discussed Read More...
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BY JENN McDOWELL A new plan for dealing with the town’s most central traffic problem at the Depot intersection may come through cooperation of businesses and abutters affected most by the regular traffic backup. By working with abutters, community Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Although some Salem residents criticized the time and place, the selectmen’s goal-setting retreat set restoring Salem as the “Gateway City of New Hampshire” as a symbolic centerpiece among ongoing Read More...
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BY JIM DEVINE Selectmen voted to create a charter reform committee but plans for the panel have yet to be nailed down. In a unanimous vote on Monday, April 14, selectmen approved a proposal by Selectman Michael Lyons to create a seven- person panel to Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Salem selectmen voted to withdraw $750,000 from the town’s unreserved fund balance in order to cut the municipal tax increase of the 2007 property tax rate from 6 percent to 3 percent. But during the board’s special meeting Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Plans for renovating the old train depot station in Salem are moving along, thanks to $60,000 that will be used to remove asbestos from the structure and raze a portion of the building. Selectmen recently authorized the use of the money, Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Water and sewer rates in Salem are going up for the second time in four months. Selectmen approved raising the rate for water from $2.58 to $3 per 100 cubic feet, and the sewer rate from $2.60 to $3.35 per 100 cubic feet. The new rate Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A plan to restore Salem’s depot train station has been in the works for more than a year, but project organizers are concerned that opportunities for free labor may be passing by. Diane Paquette, a Salem resident with a passion for Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH Salem selectmen have announced the details of their contract with new town manager Jonathan Sistare, who is set to begin work in October. After months of candidate searching and negotiations with Sistare, who is currently in Iraq with the Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A recent zoning decision made by Salem building inspector Sam Zannini has Selectman Pat Hargreaves pushing for a better-defined ordinance about parking commercial vehicles. The ruling bans commercial vehicles from parking in residential Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH A now defunct state pilot program is at the root of Salem’s retirement costs being almost double what was budgeted. The town will have to pay as much as $675,662 to employees planning to retire over the summer and in the fall, according Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH When people rent apartments in Salem, location is an important consideration. But for property owner Larry Jacobs, it can be a deal-breaker. In March, Jacobs purchased 42 apartments on Meisner Circle. But now, he’s having trouble finding Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH The position of town manager in Salem will be getting a salary boost when Henry LaBranche steps down in December. His replacement will be paid between 17 and 27 percent more than LaBranche made during his three years in Salem. Selectmen Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH As the March elections rapidly approach, an argument over the election of planning board members has several of the board’s current members declining to run. The issue began last March at Town Meeting where more than 60 percent of Read More...
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BY MATT HERSH After repeated absence from meetings, a member of the Salem Conservation Commission has been fired by selectmen. On Monday, Dec. 4, selectmen unanimously voted to remove Olga Gouza from her position on the commission because she has not Read More...
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