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...
March 31, 2022
Volunteers are needed for the Citywide Cleanup, which will take place April 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. after...
March 24, 2022
Inspired by 23-year Salem High varsity hockey coach Mark McGinn, the hockey program capped its 300th win. Mc- Ginn was...
BEST ADVICE FROM MOM
By Alison Colby-Campbell
Salem Life Writer | May 17, 2022
Sometimes the best advice is to listen to your mother. Salem residents and visitors shared the words of wisdom given to them by their mothers,...
Salem Historical Society receives volunteer cleanup
| May 17, 2022
Nationwide, Keller Williams real estate offices close for one day in May called RED Day to volunteer in their communities. RED is an acronym for...
Just for Laughs
By Steve Whipple | May 17, 2022
How was our latest school vacation trip to South Carolina, you ask. Quite nice, thank you, despite being one giant leap closer to having our...
CORRECTION
| May 17, 2022
In the May issue of Salem Life, some of the Salem CTE program’s SkillsUSA champions were erroneously listed. The winners should have been listed as...
Caregivers’ top volunteer keeps on truckin’ & lending a hand
By Sonny Tylus
Salem Life Writer | May 17, 2022
Retired truck driver Bob Demers never says no when it comes to hitting the road in order to help someone get to a doctor’s office...
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
Staff | 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...
Yukking it up in support of Chamber scholarships
| May 17, 2022
Lots of laughs recently filled the air in support of the Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce’s scholarship program. Over 200 guests attended the Comedy Night...
Salem High Student Council earns top national award
| May 17, 2022
For its exemplary record of leadership, service, and activities that serve to improve the school and community, the Salem High School Student Council has been...
Inside Salem Schools
By Dave Halpin,
Communications/Project Manager for the Salem School District | May 17, 2022
In the fall of 2020, the Salem School District became a “one-to-one” learning environment when every student was issued a Chromebook to enhance their learning...
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL Seniors of the Month
Staff | May 17, 2022
January: Valerie McDonnell February: Jason Wong March: Damian Gigante April: Jessica Adams May: Jordan Krahn
Haverhill High students say yes to free prom dresses and other formal attire
By Sue-Lynn Leung | April 27, 2022
The Haverhill High School VIP (Violence Intervention and Prevention) room was transformed into a formal dress and suit boutique for the day on April 14....
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...
ICE JORDAN
By Ted Bodenrader | April 27, 2022
During a recent 96-hour stretch, the mood in the Harris household swung from bitter anguish to euphoric glee. One moment, Haverhill’s Jordan Harris was a...
High School Sports
By Ted Bodenrader | April 21, 2022
As the Salem High starting nine takes to the diamond, one underlying question awaits the defending state softball champions. Repeat or relapse? Whichever side of...
ALIVE AND WELLING
By Ted Bodenrader | March 31, 2022
Tucked quietly along Haverhill’s hairline, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School has long been overlooked in an athletic capacity. Although the school is dwarfed by...
Then & Now June. ’22
Staff | May 17, 2022
Back in the 1950s, one of the only places to buy a Volkswagen in New England was at Doug Bradley’s combination gas station and car...
SPEAKING OF ART
By Patricia J. Bruno | May 17, 2022
If you have visited Salem’s Lake Street Garden Center over the past five years, you may have encountered Sandy Thomas. Perhaps she expertly answered your...
Looking Back
By Doug Seed | May 17, 2022
In last month’s issue, I told the story of my dad taking me to the Sportsmen’s Show in Boston, where I became infatuated with skydiving....
SPEAKING OF ART
by Patricia J. Bruno | April 27, 2022
There’s a new guy in town. You might have seen him strolling along Washington or Wingate Street, camera in hand and wearing his signature black...
MEMORIES OF HAVERHILL
by Zib Drelich | April 27, 2022
The California Spanish style house at the corner of Leroy Avenue and South Main Street seems out of place next door to the old Cogswell...
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
Staff | 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...