Salem News Archives

SALEM, Mass.- The Salem Harbor Power station is back in operation, nearly five months after three workers were killed there in a boiler accident. via Telegram & Gazette

“I'm viewing a day like today as sort of a continuation from where we were a month or two ago”

Stocks rose moderately Friday after a government report confirmed that personal spending came in at its weakest level in 17 months in February and after a profit warning from J.C. Penney Co. via Kiplinger's Personal Finance

“I'm fully in favor of the joyfulness of our Christian faith”

THE SALEM NEWS BEVERLY, Mass. - What do you get when you cross the 1960s and the New Testament? Peter, Paul and Mary. via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY

“Given the political climate the way it is as far as all these school shootings, it almost mandated a harsh sentence”

THE SALEM NEWS BEVERLY, Mass. - The Beverly man who threatened a massacre at Skidmore College in New York has been sentenced to four years in prison. via Union-Sun & Journal

“What's going on in terms of Salem is consistent with what's going on throughout the state”

Home sales are down. The price of oil is sky-high. Recession may be ahead. But not everyone is hurting. via Hotel Online

“They're running out of the stuff (wheat)”

THE SALEM NEWS BEVERLY, Mass. - Soaring food prices, triggered by rising energy costs and decreased wheat supplies, have public school officials here bracing for the highest price hikes for school lunches in ... via The Daily Times

“But nothing can compare to building a company from nothing. Many people were with me for 10 or 15 years. It was really almost like a family.”

THE SALEM NEWS HAMILTON, Mass. - From her beginnings in a tiny design studio over a Rockport storefront, Sigrid Olsen grew her clothing business into a major retail and homeware line, with 54 stores across ... via The Ottumwa Courier

Police say a suspect in a rash of vandalism cases between Danvers and Gloucester added one last smashed window to the list: the one in the back of their police cruiser. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

DISFEAR: Montreal Show Sells Out, Second Date Added - Mar. 21, 2008 The April 25 concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from DISFEAR - the Swedish "crust rock" outfit featuring former AT THE GATES / THE CROWN ... via BlabberMouth.net

Representatives of Canobie Lake Park, a family amusement park in Salem, N.H., recently presented a check for more than $17,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern New England at the Salem, N.H., ... via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, which kicks off Holy Week, the holiest time in the Christian calendar. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

“Halloween in Salem is a unique day of the year”

THE SALEM NEWS SALEM, Mass. - A Pennsylvania preacher arrested on Halloween night after defying police orders to stop using a bullhorn was found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined $200 by a judge who said ... via News Courier

A driving instructor in Massachusetts is charged with drunk driving for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol while teaching a lesson as a passenger in a car.

“They testified he was an outstanding Marine”

THE SALEM NEWS HAMILTON, Mass. - The Hamilton Marine corporal charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow Marine in Iraq was sentenced to prison by a military tribunal Thursday. via Dalton Daily Citizen

“It is clear that Mr. Copson is playing games”

THE SALEM NEWS BEVERLY, Mass. - A notorious computer hacker charged with breaking into a Beverly insurance company to steal computer servers more than four years ago has once again avoided trial - this time by ... via Corsicana Daily Sun

“If they eat there, they're personally invited to the silent auction”

How will attending Patriots coach Bill Belichick's speech help Horace Mann School? Tickets to his gig at Salem State next month are among many items up for auction Saturday night at the "The Mann Event," the ... via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

“The commonwealth is concerned with the reality that he was in fact convicted and he does not want to go back (to prison)”

SALEM, Mass. -- Former Methuen police Officer David Blache has been behind bars for 5 1 / 2 years, and for the time being, the only thing standing between him and the outside world is $5,000. A jury convicted ... via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

It seems nearly unbelievable with everything we know regarding Salem, Massachusetts and the events that happened there that such a thing could revisit itself on our own timescape, and yet. via BellaOnline

“He's complaining of minor injuries from all of the accidents he caused.”

A man who stole an ambulance from outside the Beverly Hospital emergency room last night led police on a chase through three other towns, struck two police cruisers and at least five cars before getting caught ... via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA