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.
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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 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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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008 4 Comments »
The Salem News and the members of the Greater Salem Boys & Girls Club are teaming up to make another student newspaper available online.
Beginning today, the club’s youth-run newspaper, What’s the Word, will be available to readers across the North Shore through a link on The Salem News Web page. What’s the Word is written by members of the Media Club, a group of 11- to 15-year-olds that meets each Tuesday afternoon.
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Just in time for spring, we’ve teamed with Barbara Barger, who writes our hugely popular North Shore Gardener column, to publish back issues on salemnews.com.
For access to several photos and a year’s worth of columns, click here and follow the link to Barbara’s Web site.
And happy gardening.
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The Salem News has a new features editor, and he should be a familiar face to readers of this paper and music lovers on the North Shore.
Larry Claflin Jr. worked for the News in the late 1990s, helping design our pages and writing about outdoor activities like hiking, biking and canoeing. We’re glad to have him back in the fold.
Our features pages are already full of local stories, photos and columnists. Larry’s goal — The … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008 No Comments »
The Salem News today endorsed Democrat Lori Ehrlich in the race for state reprentative for the 8th Essex District, which includes Marblehead, Swampscott and parts of Lynn.
The endorsement, and all editorials for that matter, reflect the opinion of the newspaper’s editorial board.
Readers, of course, are free to disagree with us, which is part of the reason why we’ve posted the video of full, unedited version of the paper’s meeting with the three … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Reporter Stacie Galang has spent the last several weeks following the efforts of a special group of Peabody High School students.
The eleven students are working on the school’s entry into the “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” robotics competition. As computer science teacher Dennis DeBay explains, this is “a rookie team” — this is the high school’s first-ever entry into the competition.
The event is special for us as well, as Stacie is following … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
Mitt Romney is abandoning his campaign for president, at least for now.
But if he decides to get back in the national game, say in 2012, he should have a solid base here in Essex County, as our chart shows.
For a wider view of the race, click here.
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