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THE LAST DANCE

2011-05-25T05:05:00-04:00

SALEM — On summer evenings the music drifts out onto the Essex Street pedestrian mall, floating down from the open windows on the third floor of a red-brick building.
A passer-by might pause and look up. Occasionally someone will settle onto a bench to listen. Some have asked if there's a concert upstairs.

Voice of history

2011-05-06T06:00:00-04:00

If the objects in the Peabody Essex Museum could speak, what would they say? If they could sing, what would their song be?
Visitors can hear an answer to these questions when they visit the museum's East India Marine Hall starting tomorrow.

2011 Salem News Student Athlete Award nominees

2011-04-07T05:59:00-04:00

ALISON LANOIS, HAMILTON-WENHAM
It seems like only yesterday that Alison Lanois was a promising young athlete for the Hamilton-Wenham Regional track and field team.
Nearly four years later, Lanois has more than fulfilled that promise athletically, academically and with her mission trips to work with struggling communities in New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia.

Our readers celebrate St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T06:00:00-04:00

Whether it’s baking Irish soda bread, playing Irish music or donning green garb, many North Shore residents will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today.

Dutch treat

2011-02-24T06:00:00-05:00

SALEM — The Peabody Essex Museum's new exhibit, "Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection," offers 67 paintings from the 17th century, representing a leap in the development of art.

Chartier looking to make his mark in pro MMA ranks

2011-02-22T05:59:00-05:00

Tyson Chartier often leaves practice battered and beaten.
These are good days as far as Chartier is concerned.
Chartier, a locally trained mixed martial arts fighter, recently joined the professional MMA ranks and he understands the beatings he takes in practice only help in preventing them when he steps inside the cage for a sanctioned fight.

Little wheels, big hearts

2011-01-21T05:58:00-05:00

BEVERLY — Over the last month, a conference room inside Beverly Hospital has steadily been transformed into a storage facility for thousands of toy cars.
Yesterday afternoon, as many as 20 employees of Beverly Hospital and its satellite hospital in Danvers were painting little hearts and the letter "J" on the roughly 3,200 donated Matchbox, Hot Wheels and other metal cars.

Model railroad enthusiasts to converge on Wenham

2011-01-06T02:03:33-05:00

The golden era of railway travel will come to life in Wenham this weekend. The Wenham Museum's annual railroad hobby show will be held at Buker School in Wenham on Saturday, featuring a special live performance by composer and musician Gordon Titcomb, who recently published a children's book based on his song "The Last Train."

Plummer Home boys make holiday CD

2010-12-24T05:45:00-05:00

SALEM — As part of the budding music program at the Plummer Home for Boys, the residents have produced a holiday CD for the second year in a row.
The CD has five songs, including holiday music and a song called "On the Earth," written by the staff and kids about what you would do if it were your last day on Earth.

Salem honors fallen soldier

2010-12-20T06:00:00-05:00

SALEM — On a cold Saturday a week before Christmas, this city was draped in red, white, blue — and yellow — to pay its final respects to Army Sgt. James Ayube II, who was killed 12 days ago by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.