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• Commission considers adding ethics clause to Salem charter

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Adding an ethics clause onto the town’s charter was one of several recommendations made by the Salem Charter Reform Committee about eight months before Selectman Patrick Hargreaves came under fire for alleged unethical behavior. Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:23 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, selectman, ethics, Salem Charter Reform Committee

• New chairman of Charter Commission has been there before

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Robert Campbell is not new to writing town charters, an experience he believes will come in handy as the community’s Charter Commission moves forward. Campbell, a former selectman and current member of the Planning Board, chaired Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:15 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, town meeting, selectman, planning board, charter commission, town charter

• 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 | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Selectmen, voting, selectman

• Old water meters cause some Salem residents to get 'catch-up' bills

  BY DERRICK PERKINS When James McDonough first heard from the utilities department in July that his meter may have been failing to properly register his consumption, he arranged to have the faulty meter repaired. A few weeks later that month, he got a Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:35 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, water and sewer, selectman

• 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: Salem, Health & Fitness, fire department, Selectmen, selectman

• Salem Hedgehog Pond plan doesn't please everyone

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A recently unveiled plan to significantly expand the facilities at Hedgehog Park has evoked mixed reactions from some Salem residents. “I like it the way it is,” said Kevin McGann, who has been coming to the park for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:51 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, selectman

• Updates proposed for Salem's Hedgehog Pond

  BY DERRICK PERKINS The Salem Board of Selectmen has endorsed a plan unveiled by Recreation Department Director Chris Dillon to significantly expand the beach front at Hedgehog Pond and the park facilities. “I’m originally from the Midwest Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:53 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, selectman

• Salem selectman wants skate park

  BY JIM DEVINE SALEM – A selectman wants plans for a skate park to get rolling years after residents already paid for the project. After learning two weeks ago that town-funded materials for a skate park have been in storage for two years, Selectman Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:44 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, selectman

• Citizen articles nixed in Salem

  BY JIM DEVINE SALEM -- Selectmen have voted against supporting a pair of citizen petition projects to repair a bridge and a road at a price of nearly $600,000. Residents of Ball Avenue pressed selectmen at their Monday, Feb. 11, meeting to support paving Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:58 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Flooding, bridges, selectman

• New town manager to start job in fall

  BY MATT HERSH Salem is ready to hire its next town manager, but it’ll have to wait until he returns from Iraq. At their Monday, June 25, meeting, selectmen announced that they have offered the job to Jonathan Sistare after months of searching and Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, local government, selectman

• Salem to decide on manager soon

  BY MATT HERSH A week after Salem selectmen met privately to discuss the four finalists for the town manager position, a decision has yet to be made. The board met during a non-public session on Wednesday, June 13, but were unable to finish their discussion. Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:18 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, local government, selectman