Eagle-Tribune Blogs: In the News

Book lovers should make their way to The Salem News building here in Beverly this weekend for a used book sale to benefit the Newspapers in Education program. The program distributes The Salem News to the schools for free, and teachers use the papers to instruct students in everything from math to current events.

The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 3) and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The books on sale — and there are thousands — were donated by readers. Prices start at a dime and top out at $2. You won’t find a better deal anywhere.

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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 a story in today’s paper.

The seniors will be doing a fair amount of intern-type work (putting out a daily newspaper isn’t all glamorous, after all) but you should see stories they’ve written every week.

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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 News is always looking for news photos or video from readers. If you think you have a good shot, don’t hesitate to get in touch with photo chief Mark Lorenz or metro editor Ben Adelman. We’ll make sure you get credit for your work.

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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 staffers who brought the section to life, both in print and on the Web.

For a much better explanation of the process than I could give, check out Dan Ryan’s entry on our photo blog here.

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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 story, editorial and letter to the editor is an area for you to share your thoughts and opinions. We also want readers to talk to each other, so there’s a reply button that lets you respond to someone else’s post.

There are a few rules: We ask that you be respectful to one another and use appropriate language when posting on the site.

We look forward to the conversation.

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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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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.

This is the second collaboration for The Salem News. The Witches Brew, the Salem High School student newspaper, debuted earlier this year; the second edition is due this spring.

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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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