It was desperation, more than the advertised benefits of casino gambling, that prompted many mayors to get behind Gov. Deval Patrick’s failed effort to bring legalized gaming to Massachusetts.
The cost of public-sector wages and benefits are becoming ummanageable, and those in charge of making sure the bills are paid frankly don’t know where to turn. [...]
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The Salem News and the members of the Greater Salem Boys & Girls Club are teaming up to make another student newspaper available online.
Beginning today, the club’s youth-run newspaper, What’s the Word, will be available to readers across the North Shore through a link on The Salem News Web page. What’s the Word is written [...]
Opinions are decidedly mixed over whether Massachusetts should allow casino gambling. But a new program put forward by the Massachusetts Lottery Commission could turn every pharmacy and convenience store into a gaming outlet.
It’s called “Keno-to-go” and would greatly expand the number of locations at which one can buy Keno tickets. These outlets had been resricted [...]
Just in time for spring, we’ve teamed with Barbara Barger, who writes our hugely popular North Shore Gardener column, to publish back issues on salemnews.com.
For access to several photos and a year’s worth of columns, click here and follow the link to Barbara’s Web site.
And happy gardening.
George W. Bush won’t go down as one of the great American presidents, and he wasn’t exactly a formidable candidate either.
So how did he win in 2000 and 2004? Well, he had a little help from the Supreme Court the first time around, but in both elections the Democrats put up candidates | Al Gore [...]
Those annual St. Patrick’s Day roasts can be dangerous affairs for Bay State politicians who, nevertheless, seem to relish the opportunity they provide to tell bad jokes and sing off key.
For years legislative leaders used to poke fun at the taxpayers for allowing them to play fast and loose with their money. But they’ve found [...]
The Salem News has a new features editor, and he should be a familiar face to readers of this paper and music lovers on the North Shore.
Larry Claflin Jr. worked for the News in the late 1990s, helping design our pages and writing about outdoor activities like hiking, biking and canoeing. We’re glad to have [...]
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