Eagle-Tribune Blogs: In the News

New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson met with readers and members of The Salem News and Eagle-Tribune editorial boards yesterday.

Richardson fielded questions from five local voters, including Ray Curran of Salem, a member of the News’ Reader Advisory Board.

For a video of Richardson’s appearance, go here.

We plan to have video of every candidate who meets with our editorial boards. Check back here for updates.

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The New Hampshire presidential primaries are rapidly approaching — our neighbors to the north will be voting Jan. 8, just a few days after they take down the Christmas decorations.

Massachusetts also has a very early primary this year — Feb. 5 — so it’s worth watching happenings in the Granite State closely.

That’s why we’re running an extraordinary series of stories from our sister paper, The Eagle-Tribune, on our Web site.

For it’s “On the Issues” series, … continued »

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For those of you just making it home from yesterday afternoon’s commute, there’s a chance to rant a bit about your drive here.

Visit the site, and you’ll see plenty of your neighbors were in the same predicament.

Just remember to keep it clean. This is the seaon of joy on Earth, after all.

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Two items in the world of words this week got me thinking about the ever-evolving English language, how we decide which words to keep and which to abandon, and how we are continually searching for new ways to combine them into something that is more than the sum of their parts.

The most recent item was the announcement by Merriam-Webster (a fresh copy of their dictionary used to show up under the Christmas tree every year) … continued »

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One of the most popular holiday traditions around these parts is piling the family into the minivan for a drive around the North Shore to check out the Christmas lights.

Well, we’re saving you some of that $3-a-gallon gas.

Check out our slideshow of holiday lights here.

And if your home is lit up like a Logan landing strip, send us a photo. We’d love to add it to the slideshow.

Images should be jpgs at a resolution … continued »

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We have some great photojournalists here at The Salem News. They regularly clean up in regional and national contests.

They can’t, however, make it to every event in the 13 communities we cover. That’s where we need your help. Send us photos of your special community events — holiday sales, Scout projects, Rotary events, etc. — and we’ll do our best to get them in the paper as part of our … continued »

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