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• 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: Salem, Selectmen, voting, stimulus funds, sewer, Canobie

• Recount leaves commission intact

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A hand recount of the ballots from last month’s special election garnered Cathy Ann Stacey one extra vote, allowing her to retain her spot on the nine-member Charter Commission. Rival candidate Pamela Berry, who challenged the Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:04 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, voting, charter commission, recount

• Known names take Charter Commission seats

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters backed candidates with a background in local government for the Charter Commission, giving town employees and elected officials seats on the nine-member board on May 19. The three members of the Board of Selectmen on the ballot, Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, voting, budget committee, planning board, charter commission, Board of Selectmen

• Officials say water, sewer bond passes legal requirements for stimulus funds

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Legal questions raised by at least one resident won’t sidetrack plans to use possible federal stimulus funds for the Canobie Lake Phase II project if voters approve the warrant article on May 19, according to town officials. A Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:34 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, voting, water and sewer, budget committee, stimulus funds

• Garcia takes District 4 state representative seat

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Republican Marilinda Garcia handily defeated rival Democrat Sheila Murray in the April 28 District 4 special election for the vacant seat in the state House of Representatives. Garcia secured 2,050 votes in District 4 – comprising Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:17 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Windham, Political, voting

• Salem Charter Commission: 25 vie for 9 seats

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Twenty-five candidates, including elected officials, town employees and private citizens, are vying for nine open positions on the new Charter Commission and a chance to overhaul local government. Narrowly approved by voters at Town Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:11 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, town meeting, voting

• Garcia, Murray to vie for open House seat

  BY DERRICK PERKINS With the votes tallied from the March 24 primary, two local women are now set to go head to head for the open District 4 House seat. Former state representative and Salem resident Marilinda Garcia handily defeated three other Republican Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:12 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, voting, Concord, House of Representative

• 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: Salem, Selectmen, voting, election, charter commission

• Voters reject union raises in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS For school officials and union representatives it may be back to the drawing board after voters rejected every collective bargaining agreement that affected the tax rate at the ballot box. Voters turned down proposed raises for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:05 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, voting, raises

• New trucks top list for Salem second session

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A slew of appropriations are due to come before Salem voters on Saturday, March 14, as town officials look to residents to approve the purchase of a new fire engine, ambulance, dump truck and other service vehicles at the second deliberative Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:36 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, fire department, town meeting, voting, Department of Public Works

• 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: Salem, Budget, Selectmen, voting, zoning, teachers, raises

• Bridge replacement bond tops lists of issues in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Residents will have their first chance to debate a $2.4 million bond for the replacement of the bridges on Lawrence and Cluff Crossing roads at the town’s first deliberative session at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, in the high school. Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, bridges, voting

• Restoring kindergarten money to be discussed in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters will have the chance to either restore funding for the state-mandated kindergarten program to the budget or leave it by the wayside at the deliberative session of the School District meeting on Feb. 5. The school district’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:11 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, voting, Kindergarten, school board

• Salem Selectmen to put $2.4 million bridge work article before voters

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen are asking voters to approve the replacement of two town bridges in March after adding the multimillion- dollar bond article to the Town Meeting warrant on Monday, Jan. 12. On the state’s municipal red list since late Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:27 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, bridges, voting, budget committee, obama

• Salem school officials disappointed by decision to remove kindergarten from budget

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A Budget Committee decision to remove kindergarten from the school district’s proposed budget for next year has made starting the program more difficult, but not impossible, say officials. According to Superintendent Michael Delahanty, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:10 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Kids & Family, voting, Kindergarten, school board