Salem Voters Go To Ballot Box For First Time On Town Budget
It’s Town Meeting time in New Hampshire. Salem is one of the state’s biggest towns, and this is its first year moving away from the classic community get-together to the ballot box. The town expects...
View ArticlePennsylvanians Tout Casino Benefits To N.H. Lawmakers
Millennium Gaming brought leaders from Washington County, Pennsylvania to Concord to tout the benefits of a casino to lawmakers at a lunch meeting today. Millennium runs The Meadows casino and...
View ArticleMillennium Gaming Focuses On The Basics, Not The Glitz
No prospective casino developer has been in the news more than Bill Wortman and his firm, Millennium Gaming. Wortman has been courting the town of Salem for years and recently unveiled his concept for...
View ArticleCommunities Take Fight For LGC Payout To Court
Ten communities have filed a lawsuit to stop the LGC from issuing refunds. Under a hearing officer’s order, by September 1 st , the Local Government Center has to return tens of millions of dollars to...
View ArticleThe Real Salem Witches
Visitors to Salem, Massachusetts, have a surfeit of choices in Halloween season. They can take a “Tales and Tombstones Trolley Tour,” attend the Zombie Prom, Voodoo Ball, or a performance of “Dracula’s...
View ArticleSkull Reconstruction Gives New Face To Decades-Old Salem Cold Case
It was in August of 1969 when a road crew discovered the partially decomposed body of an adult man in a small pit of water off of I-93 in Salem.
View ArticleSalem Confronts Three Drug Overdoses
Police in Salem are investigating three drug overdoses in the city, less than a week after a similar series of overdoses in Portsmouth . On Tuesday police in Salem found a man unconscious and not...
View ArticleSalem Sees Third Water Main Break In A Month
The town of Salem, New Hampshire, is dealing with its third water main break affecting Route 28 in a month. The problem is slowing down Morning morning traffic, and is expected to affect the evening...
View ArticleSalem Program Teaches A New Group Of 'Junior Chefs'
The school year is drawing to a close, but next week a group of teens in Salem are heading back to the classroom - and the kitchen. They're taking part in the Junior Chef program, a partnership between...
View ArticleSalem Eliminates 'Sunday Business' Fee
Businesses in the town of Salem, New Hampshire, have been asked for years to pay an annual $50 fee to open on Sundays or holidays. As of next year, that fee will be gone. The Eagle Tribune reports...
View ArticleSalem Selectboard Wants Kinder Morgan To Explore Alternative Pipeline Routes
The selectboard in Salem is urging the developer of the proposed Northeast Energy Direct Pipeline to consider alternate routes through town. Chair Jim Keller says the board believes the path of the...
View ArticleWith Rockingham Park's Demise, Small-Time Casinos Seek to Attract Local Gamblers
Salem residents vote next month on a zoning change to allow charitable gaming facilities in certain parts of town. The move comes after the closure last year of Rockingham Park. The former race track...
View ArticleHouse Explosion, Fire, Evacuations In Salem After Neighbors' Firewood Dispute
Police say a condemned house exploded and went up in flames in Salem as they responded to a neighbor dispute over stacking firewood, and about eight homes were evacuated. Police said they tried to...
View ArticleSalem Officials Are Giving Directions to Disoriented Visitors
A GPS problem has been stymying the plans of some late summer visitors in the Salem area. Officials in Salem have been swarmed with phone calls from residents. They say out-of-state visitors are...
View ArticleRestaurant Collapses in Fire on Salem's Main Street
Firefighters are battling a large fire at a restaurant on Main Street in Salem, New Hampshire, that's collapsed the building and shut down several roads. Firefighters posted on Facebook the three-alarm...
View ArticleGoing Local: The Merrimack Valley
We look at the Merrimack Valley region as part of our summer series, Going Local. The state's most populated area is perhaps the one with the least identity as a "region," including big cities, growing...
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