Salem’s Field of Dreams park will celebrate fall with an afternoon of bands and barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 26. JamFest will run from noon to 5 p.m. It features local bands George & Company, The Clay Tiles, threeplay and others. Admission is free to Jam- Fest and food is available for purchase. Families will enjoy a barbecue, games, ...

Salem Family Resources-Success By 6 will host its annual toy sale and family fun fair on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Woodbury Middle School, 206 Main St. Salem. This year’s theme is “The Magic of Spring.” Activities for young children include professional face painting, crafts, games, and raffles of new ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSA new nationwide study that indicates teens have become more likely to talk to adults about drug use, but educators are not letting up when it comes to opening up dialogue between students and their parents. According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, which released the 2008 Partnership Attitude ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS With funding for Salem’s public kindergarten program now restored to the school district’s operating budget, officials look forward to tying up the administrative details in time for the start of school in the fall. About 170 kindergarten-aged students had been pre-registered for the program as of earlier ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS Superintendent Michael Delahanty worries that the penalty for not starting a kindergarten program could come at the cost of financial aid, though state officials have not made a clear decision on what actions may be taken. Any of the 11 districts in the state without a kindergarten program by the start of the ...

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 proposed operating budget – roughly $54.7 million after the Budget Committee ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS Part of President-elect Obama’s economic stimulus package may fund a series of bicycle and pedestrian paths throughout town, though Bike-Ped Corridor Committee members caution against being overly optimistic. “It’s not a guarantee that funding will be there, but we are looking at it in the sense ...

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, the School Board could create a separate warrant article to put in front ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS One member of the budget committee has criticized the Salem School Board for not following nearby Hudson in challenging the state’s public kindergarten mandate in court. “It just annoys me that the School Board is ignoring the law,” said Stephen Campbell, a 14-year member of Salem’s Budget ...

On Jan. 1, 2008, 6- year-old Hunter Santo of Salem had no idea what the next 12 months would bring to his life. This would be his first calendar year racing motocross – his rookie year. Since winter in New England poses its challenges for riding time and racing opportunities, Hunter made a weekly trek to Connecticut, home to one ...