June 22, 2022
The Salem Fire Department engages in ongoing marine rescue training at Arlington Mill Reservoir (also known as Arlington Pond), which...
June 3, 2022
Cub Scout Pack 63 and Boy Scout Troop 24, shown here at Linwood Cemetery, were among several scout groups that...
May 17, 2022
Mother of 12 Marnie Wells (seated and surrounded by some of her children and grandchildren) has taught her family countless...
April 27, 2022
The pleasant spring weather on a late-April afternoon brought out the tree blossoms around Haverhill as well as residents such...
April 21, 2022
Salem High’s Career and Technical Education program is on a roll, experiencing a record-setting award season. Here, a team of...
Just for Laughs
By Steve Whipple | June 22, 2022
When our older daughter Geni announced she would be attending her high school prom as Catwoman accompanied by her boyfriend Nayan as Batman, I naturally...
Safety first when on the water!
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | June 22, 2022
With the school year behind us and temperatures edging up, Salem residents are lured to the many water bodies dotting the town with the promise...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
June 22, 2022
To the Editor As a former Salem resident, I want you to know how much I enjoy your paper which Beverly Glynn mails to me....
From Your Library
By Natalie Ducharme, Director | June 22, 2022
Summer fun kicks off Monday, June 20 with our annual Summer Reading Program for children in kindergarten to grade 8.This year’s theme is “Oceans of...
Salem Seniors
By Karen Bryant – Volunteer/Senior Program Coordinator at Salem Senior Services | June 22, 2022
The Salem Recreation Advisory Committee and Enterprise Bank contributed to donate a bench in memory of former Community Services Director Danny Hopkins. The bench is...
Love comes full circle as former teen classmates plan their wedding
By Steve Whipple
Salem Life Writer | December 14, 2021
Shortly before graduating Methuen High in the spring of 1981, Dan Livingston presented a wallet-size photo to classmate and homecoming queen Sue Marie Guzuski. “I...
Palmer Gas’ Ermer named top businessperson
December 14, 2021
The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce was proud to honor to Charles W. “Bill” Ermer, president and owner of Palmer Gas & Oil, as the...
Back on the bike & ready to RIDE!
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | November 1, 2021
Salem’s Linda Harvey is the co-chair of the Friends of Salem Bike-Ped Corridor. She had been an avid cyclist for more than 50 years when...
Auto Tech alum is revved up about future
November 1, 2021
Garrett Houle of Salem considered law enforcement as a career until he took the Automotive Technology program at Salem’s CTE. Once enrolled, he showed a...
HAVERHILL’S GARDEN OF THE MONTH
October 6, 2021
The Haverhill Garden Club presented its Garden of the Month award for September to Koula Vasilopoulos of 36 Lambert Avenue. As the pictures show, her...
Engineering students present ideas to solve everyday problems
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | June 22, 2022
Editor’s note: This is part of a series about the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program at Salem High School. John Seeman, the engineering teacher...
Fed up with bullying, a sister pushes for acceptance
June 22, 2022
Six outstanding local high school seniors – including Salem High’s Valerie McDonnell – have been selected to each receive a $750 scholarship from Community Crossroads...
Cruisin’ to school in style!
By Melissa Fili
Salem Life Writer | June 22, 2022
Driving to St. Joseph’s School is A LOT more exciting when you show up in police SUVs accompanied by five uniformed officers. Just ask Chase...
Inside Salem Schools
By Dave Halpin,
Communications/Project Manager for the Salem School District | June 22, 2022
Middle school is a time of constant change and growth, both in life and in the classroom. This year’s Woodbury School students experienced these same...
Haverhill’s Venditti receives NECC’s Outstanding Student Award
June 3, 2022
Haverhill resident Andrew Venditti was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Northern Essex Community College Outstanding Student Award, an honor granted to one graduating...
High School Sports
By Ted Bodenrader | June 22, 2022
It’s not every year that John Roemer’s boys volleyball roster is armed with a whopping 12 senior performers. Even more anomalous, however, is that seven...
Knights of Glory
By Ted Bodenrader | June 3, 2022
Only by Northern Essex Community College standards is an 8-2 record considered an icy start. Nonetheless, the formidable Knights baseball program suffered its only two...
Buddy Ball Baseball is in season
By Sue-Lynn Leung | June 3, 2022
The Riverside-Bradford youth baseball league’s Buddy Ball program began its 2022 season. Founder Matt Souza created this program in 2017 to encourage residents aged 5...
Student-run hoops tourney scores $700 for SARL
May 17, 2022
A group of Salem High School students recently combined their love of basketball and animals to help benefit the Salem Animal Rescue League (SARL). According...
High School Sports
By Ted Bodenrader | May 17, 2022
It’s a game in which a narrow white line can prove the difference between beaming success and dour failure. Each flick of the wrist, every...
Then & Now July 2022
by Doug Seed | June 22, 2022
One hundred fifteen years have seen many changes at 227 North Broadway in Salem. William Croft opened his Granite State Potato Chip factory there early...
SPEAKING OF ART
By Patricia J. Bruno | June 22, 2022
Life’s realities almost always serve as roadblocks in an artist’s journey. The story so often reads the same: “As a child, I dreamed of being...
Looking Back
By Doug Seed | June 22, 2022
In the May and June issues of Salem Life, I told of my infatuation with skydiving as a pre-teen, and the day in August of...
ART OF HAVERHILL
by Patricia J. Bruno | June 3, 2022
Jigsaw puzzles have become quite popular recently. Some people will never appreciate the concept of dismantling a perfectly good image and tediously piecing it back...
MEMORIES OF HAVERHILL
by Zib Drelich | June 3, 2022
The Great Fire of 1882 destroyed most of Haverhill’s shoe industry on Washington Street, including the business owned by William A. Knipe, an English immigrant....
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...
NETTLE TEACHERS AND FORMER STUDENTS REUNITE ATOP MT. MAJOR
August 15, 2021
Former and current Nettle Middle School teachers organized a reunion hike up Mt. Major in Alton, New Hampshire, to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2021 high school seniors who they taught four or five years ago. Former science teacher Erin Goodwin organized a hike up Mt. Major for...
Foster’s Pond boasts an abundance of trails, singing frogs & the state flower
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | July 27, 2021
Last month while in search of a hidden trail in Windham (Windham Town Forest), Salem Life came upon another popular hiking circuit in the town, the Foster’s Pond Natural Area. Located on Nashua Road at the entrance to the Nashua Road Recreation Complex, one is never far from civilization when...
E-bikes and rail trails are a good match
June 29, 2021
The May 26 grand opening of the new Pedego e-bike dealership at 236 N. Broadway concluded with a drawing for a $1,695 e-bike, with all proceeds given to the Friends of the Salem Bike-Ped Corridor. A $1,000 donation was presented to FSBPC Co-Chair/Treasurer Dave Topham by shop owner Rachel Higginbottom....
Hard-to-find Windham Town Forest is full of surprises …
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | June 29, 2021
If readers have not noticed the parking area for Windham Town Forest, it is understandable. The sign is only visible traveling north on Rockingham Road (Route 28) and, shrouded in leaves and shadows, it can be tricky to spy. It was for Ryan LaRochelle of Methuen, Mass. He had traveled...
NECC golf tournament raises funds for athletic programs
October 6, 2021
The Northern Essex Community College Athletic Department, in conjunction with the NECC Foundation, held its fourth annual golf tournament in late August at Renaissance Golf...
Armenian Picnic shares the country’s culture
October 6, 2021
The annual Armenian Picnic was held in September on the grounds of the Armenian Apostolic Church at Hye Pointe. The event was an opportunity to...
Celebrate the Apparitions at Fatima
October 6, 2021
All are welcome to join in the annual October celebration of the Apparitions at Fatima: Miracle of the Sun at Mary Queen of Peace in...