Salem will hold its first Intersex Awareness Day flag raising and film screening October 26. Also in today's brief (3 items): Salem joins regional winter coat drive through January; Free 'Becky Nurse of Salem' showing Friday at Salem State; City plans first Intersex Awareness Day events Oct. 26.
S&P Global Ratings assigns Salem's new municipal bonds an 'AA' rating with a stable outlook.
Salem invites residents to set a witch hat world record Saturday morning. Also in today's brief (7 items): Witch hat world record attempt set for Saturday; Salem Restaurant Week returns this fall and winter; NYC comedy show hits Salem stage tonight; Poet D.S. Martin reads Monday in Salem.
Salem draws 136,500 visitors in a single October Saturday, a 12 percent jump from last year.
This week's Salem obituary column carries one notice: Hoss, Gilbert Underhill "Gil," 83, of Salem, who died October 7, 2026. His obituary, found via Echovita, lists arrangements as being handled by O'Donnell Funeral and Cremation Service of Danvers. No profession, family detail, service…
Family trust transfers helped push Salem real estate sales past $1.5 million in early October. From our own coverage: Salem property sales top $1.5 million in early October; What Salem's data center ban means for growth. Also in today's brief (9 items): Salem readies for record Hallowee…
Thirteen properties sold in Salem between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, with recorded prices ranging from $306,900 to $1,522,500 and a median of $627,500 among the eight sales with a price on file. The period's top transaction was the $1,522,500 sale of the commercial property at 100 & 102 Bost…
Salem City Council gives final approval to zoning ban on data centers. Also in today's brief (13 items): Salem city council passes ban on data centers; HAWC breakfast draws 250-plus for awareness month; Mayor's podcast features fire chief Alan Dionne; Salem Film Fest sets dates for 20th…
Related Cos. begins $38 million renovation of affordable housing community in Salem. Also in today's brief (5 items): City tests emergency outdoor alert system downtown; Zero Waste Salem plans November Repair Café; Salem Academy Charter soccer faces Excel Academy; Housing stability drop…
This week's Salem obituary notices column carries one entry: Cullen, Mary Ellen (Tivnan Jaslowich), 84, of Salem, who died September 29, 2026. Her obituary is listed through O'Donnell Funeral and Cremation Service of Danvers via Echovita. A number of other Salem-area obituaries appeared…
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