November 17, 2022
November 3, 2022
The Haverhill High School boy's soccer team got a thrill and a big tip for cleaning this Lamborghini at the...
October 19, 2022
The Salem Police Department has three working dog teams as part of the department’s K-9 Unit. From sniffing out drugs...
October 5, 2022
Spectators and dog owners gathered at Tattersall Farm on Sept. 10 and 11 for the NEBCA/USBCHA novice sheep dog trial....
October 5, 2022
At the annual Kids Fishing Derby sponsored by the Arlington Pond Protective Association, Devon Ball caught five fish … and...
Scouts’ door-to-door food collection helps re-stock local pantry shelves
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | November 17, 2022
On Nov. 5 and 12, Salem Scouts from Cub Scout Pack 160 and Troops 409 and 267 participated in the Scouting for Food drive to...
TEARS, PRIDE, GRATITUDE, CAMARADERIE
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | November 17, 2022
Speaker after speaker stepped forward at the Woodbury School Veterans Day program and admitted that this was their favorite Veterans Day event of all time....
Just for Laughs
By Steve Whipple | November 17, 2022
Forty-four days before Christmas two requests disguised as dire necessities landed in our home simultaneously: assembly and decoration of the Christmas tree and the adoption...
Salem Christmas Fund: Making holiday miracles for 40-plus years
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | November 17, 2022
A small band of board members at the Salem Christmas Fund manages to achieve goals that Santa Claus could only accomplish with a legion of...
Methuen Festival of Trees to raffle off 200-plus arbors, wreaths
November 17, 2022
Ring in the holiday season with magical event that’s been delighting crowds for 29 years. The Methuen Festival of Trees is set for Nov. 19...
He led Caregivers to improve life – 1 person at a time
November 17, 2022
As one big-hearted volunteer leader steps aside, another steps in. For 17 years, Salem’s Dick O’Shaughnessy has overseen the operations of the Greater Salem Caregivers...
CORRECTION
November 17, 2022
In last month’s Salem Life article titled, “Hey Intern: You’re Hired!” the photo of Hannah Beaudry was incorrect. Salem Life regrets the error. Here is...
Thanks, Coach Wayne, for leading our Special Olympians 20-plus years
November 17, 2022
The Salem Community Services Department would like to recognize one of its long-standing volunteers, Wayne Foster, who after 20-plus years of coaching within the department’s...
HAVERHILL’S GARDEN OF THE MONTH
October 5, 2022
The Haverhill Garden Club’s Garden of the Month award for September was presented to Brianna Powell of 20 Midlake St. Her garden features a variety...
A relaxing view
October 5, 2022
Jeff and Francine Corbin were recently relaxing at Peach Tree Farm in Salem. "We come here as a break between whatever chores we were doing...
Inside Salem Schools
By Dave Halpin,
Communications/Project Manager for the Salem School District | November 17, 2022
The Salem Pride committee will hold its annual Night of Lights event on Thursday, Dec. 1 at Salem High School. This year’s event, titled “Carols...
Spirit Week fun at Haverhill High
By Sue-Lynn Leung | November 3, 2022
Haverhill High School students showed off their Hillie pride throughout Spirit Week with activities and events leading up to the homecoming game and dance. In...
Inside Salem Schools
By Dave Halpin,
Communications/Project Manager for the Salem School District | October 19, 2022
Salem High School Theatre Arts will present the new musical, “Ranked,” on Nov. 17, 18 and 19 at 7pm at the Seifert Performing Arts Center....
Salem Co-op & friends support students in need
October 19, 2022
Throughout the year, in celebration of Salem Co-operative Bank’s 100th anniversary, employees have been collecting items for local organizations. They recently chose End 68 Hours...
Haverhill High School summer interns describe and celebrate their experiences
By Sue-Lynn Leung | October 5, 2022
More than 50 students participated in the Haverhill High School internship program over the summer, and they recently gathered over two days at the high...
High School Sports
By Ted Bodenrader | November 17, 2022
Like the backdrop of fall foliage, the Salem High girls volleyball team underwent its maturation in 2022, oftentimes projecting a brilliant future. Despite a roster...
Rolling on the River
By Ted Bodenrader | November 3, 2022
As a Haverhill youngster in the 1990s, Connor Hayden knew the Merrimack River well: Its water was as rank as its reputation. “I remember having...
High School Sports
By Ted Bodenrader | October 19, 2022
There’s one above every trap, beneath every header and behind every kick. At the helm of the Salem High School boys soccer program, Mackenzie Kraines...
Living the Dream
By Ted Bodenrader | October 5, 2022
The first time Kyle Walker inhabited a dugout at Cooperstown Dreams Park in New York was in the sultry summer of 2012, serving as the...
High School Sports
By Ted Bodenrader | October 5, 2022
Eclipsed by a national phenomenon, the Salem Youth Baseball program’s recent conquest was like a hushed whisper lost in the ruckus of the Little League...
Then & Now
by Doug Seed | November 17, 2022
Then & Now is a monthly feature presented by Salem Life in conjunction with author and Salem historian, Douglas W. Seed. Although the D.J. Rogers...
Looking Back
By Doug Seed | November 17, 2022
EISENHOWER’S POTATO CHIPS For some 50 years, a famous photo hung in an honored spot over the sales counter at Granite State Potato Chips on...
MEMORIES OF HAVERHILL
by Zib Drelich | November 3, 2022
Time and “progress” have transformed what was once a sleepy village square in Bradford into the commercial district we see today. Memories of what the...
ART OF HAVERHILL
by Patricia J. Bruno | November 3, 2022
Most of us have them. They’re tucked away in a corner of the garage or teetering precariously on a closet shelf—those boxes or bins stuffed...
Looking Back
By Doug Seed | October 19, 2022
Almost at the tippety-top center of Salem is a village that has been mostly forgotten by busy, bustling “downtown” Salem. Just feet south of the...
Pentucket Bank to sponsor Bradford Rail Trail Extension Art Walk
April 27, 2022
Team Haverhill recently announced that Pentucket Bank has agreed to be sole sponsor of the Bradford Rail Trail Extension Art Walk. The $30,000 donation will be used to purchase and install as many as four permanent sculptures along the soon-to-be-completed extension. The money also will be used for maintenance and...