3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (369+ words) SALEM " While improvements at the city's wastewater treatment plant are crossing the finish line, improvements at the water treatment plant remain off-track." During the city council's Dec. 16 meeting Utilities Superintendent Butch Donnalley said that phase three improvements at the city…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (162+ words) SALEM " City council has authorized an environmental consultation agreement. Other matters approved included the appointment of Barb Stamp to the board of health. During his report, Safety Service Director Joe Cappuzzello said that the South Lincoln Avenue Overpass Project had…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (400+ words) SALEM " Plans to allow voters in Salem to decide the fate of marijuana dispensaries in the city will now have to wait until the May elections, council learned during Monday's meeting. A resolution was introduced in June at the committee-of-the-whole…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (185+ words) SALEM " City Councilman Evan Newman Wednesday resigned his at-large council seat to seek appointment as city council president. While Newman is currently running unopposed for council president in November, he said that he was seeking appointment ahead of the election…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago  (537+ words) SALEM " Salem's softball team had quite the senior day as the Quakers poured it on in a 15-0 win over Lisbon on Saturday. Emilee Lewis threw the fourth no-hitter since 1990 in Salem softball history with 12 strikeouts. She joins Shannon Leininger, Taylor…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (867+ words) EAST PALESTINE " The Howland boys track team edged Salem by half a point to win the 49th East Palestine Relays on Friday. The Howland boys and girls swept the team titles for the fourth straight year with the boys totaling 86 1/2 points…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (547+ words) SALEM " Members of the city's health board addressed council Tuesday with concerns with proposed updates to the animal ordinance. Among several other changes proposed updates to the ordinance would implement a permitting process to keep any animals "not universally recognized…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (530+ words) SALEM " City council approved proposed updates to the city's compensatory time policy in its meeting Tuesday. Council first discussed an ordinance which would update the city's compensatory time policy in its March 4 meeting and further discussed it in a subsequent…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (994+ words) SALEM " Republican and Democratic leaders alike pledged their support for the renewal of the city's .25% income tax and the parks department's 1-mill operational levy in the upcoming May 6 election in a press conference Friday. "It is critical that these two…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (819+ words) SALEM'During the May 6 primary, voters will decide which candidates will be on the ballot for At-Large City Councilman in November. Four Republican candidates filed to run for At-Large Councilman including Dennis Plegge, Michael Weir, Trent Tice, and Jim Harrington; however,…...