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Flexibility a key to Danvers’ success

Posted in Uncategorized on May 31st, 2008 Comments Off

Most baseball teams come in to a particular game with a game plan in mind.
Danvers is no different … but part of their plan often includes wholesale changes to various positions on the diamond. Think of a hockey team changing all three forwards and two defensemen on the fly, or a football team putting six [...]

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What’s the Word, Vol. 2

Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2008 Comments Off

The second edition of the Greater Salem Boys & Girls Club newspaper, What’s the Word, is now available on salemnews.com.
The first edition from the club’s student writers debuted in March. The May issue is even larger than the first, with a boost to eight pages.
What’s the Word is written by members of the Media Club, [...]

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Tracking local gas prices

Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2008 Comments Off

This week’s column:
In the time it takes you to read this column, gas prices will have probably risen another few cents.
As I write this Friday morning, the news wires are reporting gasoline prices have hit yet another record high, reaching a national average of $3.83 a gallon. The $3.82 a gallon I spent filling the [...]

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Our first month of comments…

Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 Comments Off

This week’s column…
It has been a little more than a month since we added online commenting to stories on salemnews.com.
The response has been tremendous, with thousands of comments by readers on topics ranging from the important (the override debate in Beverly) to the somewhat silly (the fight over racy T-shirts at the mall).
We’re learning the [...]

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A matter of timing, not bias

Posted in Uncategorized on May 12th, 2008 Comments Off

Here’s this week’s editor’s column:

“I am OUTRAGED that you ran this story today. You are well aware that we have town meetings going on tomorrow in Wenham and Monday in Hamilton and that we are in the middle of a contentious override election. Clearly this story will have an impact … This causes me to [...]

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Calling all bibliophiles

Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2008 Comments Off

Book lovers should make their way to The Salem News building here in Beverly this weekend for a used book sale to benefit the Newspapers in Education program. The program distributes The Salem News to the schools for free, and teachers use the papers to instruct students in everything from math to current events.
The sale [...]

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