Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 26th, 2007 No Comments »
This is the time of year when we’re bombarded with ads for things we just have to buy for our loved ones (Just how many diamond jewelry ads can they air during a Patriots game, anyway?). Shopping is as much a part of the holiday these days as mistletoe and nativity scenes.
Somehow, though, in the midst of all that hustle and bustle, Salem News readers find a way to reach out to help others less … continued »
Posted in In the news, Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2007 No Comments »
A few days ago, my 13-year-old son sat down at my computer when I went to the kitchen for more coffee. I came back to find him surfing salemnews.com.
“Dad,” he said, “if all of this stuff is here, why would anybody read the paper?”
I did the only thing I could do. I grounded him.
Actually, I gave him an answer that sounded a lot like one this blog’s previous posts, which argued the paper … continued »
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Alert readers may have noticed a new feature on the Friday Salem page called ‘Heard around town.’ It’s a collection place of sorts for the little bits of news, speculation and yes, humor that didn’t make it into the paper during the week.
Readers with a bit of a memory will think the column sounds a bit like the popular ‘Reporters’ notebook’ columns of years past.
They would be correct. We have come to regret … continued »
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2007 No Comments »
There are some words in the English language that set people off, no matter the context. We learned that first hand — again — after our story earlier this month on the debate to expand the so-called buffer zones around health clinics where abortions are performed. (The measure has since been approved, and signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick.)
Some readers were upset at how we described those on opposite sides of the abortion … continued »
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Take a listen to Ipswich resident Julie Tennant’s new cantata.
It’s a beautiful piece of work and one we couldn’t have brought you a few years ago.
Steve Landwehr’s story on Tennant was first-rate. She’s a woman who has touched many lives with her music, as a teacher, an organist for the North Shore Community Baptist Church in Beverly and now through the cantata she has written to help mark the 80th anniversary of the … continued »