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• Salem won't need to borrow money

  BY JENN McDOWELL The town will likely not have to draw upon a line of credit the Board of Selectmen authorized in anticipation of an end-of-year funding shortage. “‘I’m 99 percent sure that we’re not going to need to borrow at Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:29 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes

• New police station tops town warrants

  By Darrell Halen A proposed $32 million operating budget and a $7 million warrant article to construct a new police station top the list of warrant articles Salem voters will consider when they gather for the town’s first deliberative session of Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:42 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, Police, taxes, Budget

• Renovation funds among warrant articles up for debate

  By Darrell Halen A $53.5 million operating budget, money to plan for a high school renovation and a new contract with teachers and other professionals are among the Salem School District warrant articles voters will see this year. The district’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, Budget, teachers, high school

• Company wants slots at Rockingham

  By Darrell Halen An audience of business people, local officials and state legislators got a look at plans for a revitalized Rockingham Park, presented by a company that hopes to bring 3,000 video slot machines to the 101-year-old Salem landmark. William Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:30 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, Budget, Rockingham Park

• Budget Committee won’t recommend warrant on ballot

  By Darrell Halen Salem’s Budget Committee decided not to recommend a $1.5 million school district warrant article to fund architectural and engineering plans to renovate Salem High School. It was one of the decisions the committee made on Friday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:22 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, schools, taxes, school board

• Selectmen back new police station

  By Darrell Halen A $7.3 million proposal to build a new police station was unanimously backed by Salem selectmen and appears to have the support of most Budget Committee members. Plans call for a 26,000-square-foot building that would be constructed behind Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:37 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, Political, Police, taxes, Budget

• Budget Committee approves school operating costs

  By Darrell Halen The Salem Budget Committee approved a proposed 2008-09 operating budget of roughly $53.5 million for the school district. The panel took its votes on the budget during a public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 3, in Town Hall. The $53,539,584 Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:40 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, schools, taxes, town meeting

• Plowing takes bite out of town budgets

  By Darrell Halen Snowfall isn’t the only thing heavy in this wintry season. So, too, has been the expense of clearing, salting and sanding roads in Salem-area communities. Big snowstorms in December took a big bite out of municipal snow removal Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:12 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, town meeting, snowplowing

• Selectmen recommend 9 percent tax increase

  By Darrell Halen Salem property owners will see a 9 percent increase in the town portion of their tax bills next year if all warrant articles put forward by selectmen are approved in March. Director of Finance Jane Savastano said at the selectmen’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:27 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, taxes, local business, local government

• Shore Dr. repairs may be extended

  BY Darrell Halen Selectmen may break a oneyear plan to repave Shore Drive into two phases. It’s a move that will help keep tax rate increases to 3 percent and free up money to be spent on flood mitigation, said Selectman Chairman Everett McBride. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:17 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, roads

• 2007 tax rate reset – Selectmen take money from fund to cut rate from 6 to 3 percent

  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... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:50 AM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, Selectmen

• Logos for lower taxes?

  Selectman proposes way to raise money through corporate sponsorship of town vehicles BY MATT HERSH How would you feel about local police cruisers and fire trucks bearing corporate logos? That’s the question Selectman Ron Belanger posed at the Monday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:23 AM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes