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Girl Scouts Julia Mini, 13, left, and Rebecca Hardenstine, 13, of Danvers Troop 843 fold a flag from Sgt. David Richey, who is stationed in Afghanistan. Before he was deployed, he was given a box of Girl Scout Lemonades cookies with a heart on it. The soldier kept the heart in his wallet and sent them a flag that was flown over Camp Alamo on Veterans Day 2010.

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  • Developer plans $20M plaza A proposed land swap with the state would allow a private developer to build a $20 million shopping plaza on Brimbal Avenue with stores, restaurants, a bank and medical offices. The plaza, to be called North Shore Commons, would have about twice as m

    June 19, 2013

  • Route for cable work changed A Salem neighborhood got a partial reprieve yesterday when National Grid announced it no longer plans to install an underground transmission line down Derby Street, a narrow roadway that runs through a downtown business district. Not laying the new c

    June 19, 2013

  • Police get a two-fer during robbery investigation SALEM -- A Salem robbery investigation took a "Law and Order"-style turn when, police say, while seeking to question witnesses to a robbery, they discovered a prostitution business being run by the suspect's girlfriend. Now, both Aaron Pelletier, 44

    June 19, 2013

  • Former attorney for victims of plant explosion indicted DANVERS -- A lawyer who represented some business and property owners affected by the 2006 CAI ink plant explosion in Danversport has been indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on charges that he invented additional, fictitious victims of the disas

    June 19, 2013

  • 130510_SN_KYU_PIONEER Salem Pioneer Village may stay open for summer

    SALEM -- The city is working on a plan to keep Salem Pioneer Village from closing this summer. Gordon College announced last month that it will not renew its agreement to manage the city-owned living history site. The Wenham college will finish its c

    June 19, 2013 1 Photo 1 Story