You’ll be seeing a few new bylines in The Salem News over the next several weeks.
The Salem News has a long history of working with college interns. Now, for the first time, the News will be part of Masconomet High School’s internship program.
Senior Kristina Bond started work yesterday; she’ll be joined Monday by Maria Costigan. (Fellow senior Caroline Stewart is helping out in our advertising department.)
Kristina did a fine job explaining the overall program in … continued »
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It’s override season, and the issue has raised a surprising amount of debate in communities that have never passed an override (Beverly) and those that seem to do it every year (Hamilton, Wenham).
Tomorrow (Saturday), we’ll be running several reader letters on the override proposal in Hamilton and Wenham. Town Meetings in those communities begin next week. They are worth a read, no matter where you live…
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I hope you who saw the excellent news photo on Page 2 of today’s paper (“Truck catches fire in front of court”).
The photo, which captured a car fire in front of the Salem District Court, was the work of alert Salem News reader Greg Nowak, who works in the building across the street. The photo caption didn’t mention his name, but he definitely deserves credit for the shot.
The Salem … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Who says school mission statements have to be dray? Click here to see the video put together at Peabody High School.
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It’s been almost a week since The Salem News named its student-athlete of the year (congratulations, Courtney Colantuno), and our special Web section on the event is still getting a lot of traffic.
The interest is encouraging because it brings attention to a group of high schoolers who could teach us all a few things about focus, determination and simple, common decency.
There’s another group that deserves attention, though — the photo, Web and design … continued »
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Posted in In the news on Apr 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
Readers of The Salem News aren’t shy. Every day we get dozens of phone calls, e-mails and letters to the editor from folks letting us know how they feel about our stories and editorials. We think that’s a good thing | it tells us people care about what’s going on in their community and at their newspaper.
Now, we’re giving you another way to weigh in, this time at SalemNews.com. At the end of every … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 4th, 2008 1 Comment »
Going to Opening Day? Do want to share your thoughts as the Red Sox are crowned 2007 world champs?
We are looking for commentary on the Opening Day ceremonies from North Shore residents who will be at the game.
If you would like to be contacted for a story, please call Salem News reporter Ethan Forman at 978-338-2673 or email him at eforman@salemnews.com. Thanks.
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