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LISTEN IN: Possible streetcars in west Salem stirs memories of past rail service

TODAY’S ENGAGING CONVERSATION: Reporter Abbey McDonald digs into Salem history a bit to explain how streetcars once moved people to work – and how that could happen again. A plan for service to west Salem is brewing, as she writes in her original story is HERE. She also talks about why neighborhood leaders in Salem aren’t facing term limits, reported HERE, and which city parks are in for a remake. That story HERE.

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