14+ hour, 43+ min ago   (301+ words) SALEM -- The parks commission approved employee pay raises in its special meeting Aug. 5. Following an executive session for the discussion of personnel matters, the commissioners voted two to one to increase the base wage for the department's laborer position by…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (232+ words) SALEM — The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Gallery of Art will present its February exhibition featuring the photographs of Elise McKeown Skolnick beginning Tuesday. According to a press release, the Chamber Gallery of Art will be hosting the exhibition, titled…...

7+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

8+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

11+ mon, 3+ 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…...