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• SHS juniors play roles to learn about life during the Civil War

  By Darrell Halen On most days, Carl Haroian is a Salem High School junior. But during a recent morning, he became William Turner, a young Confederate soldier. It was part of The Southern Experience, a project where 48 juniors in Comprehensive American Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:42 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, history, salem high school, camping

• Depot a slow go – Organizers say red tape holding up renovations

  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... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:40 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Selectmen, history, trains

• Stories of old Salem – Volunteers clean up North Salem cemetery

  BY MATT HERSH Thomas Spitalere comes to work in Salem every week armed with two hatchets, a shovel and a passion for the past. On Monday, May 7, his suspicions about a flat stone lying partially covered by grass and dirt at a North Salem graveyard yielded Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:17 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, history, volunteering

• Preserving the past – Town wants to put museum on state historic site list

  BY MATT HERSH The Salem Historic District Commission is making a push to protect the town’s former town hall, which is now the Historical Society Museum. Beverly Glynn, chairman of the commission, has begun the process of registering the building Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:21 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, history