Dozens of Salem veterans find home, support at Courtney Place

While chatting in the lobby of their apartment complex, Jay Alaniz and Frederick Tognoli kept an eye out the window.

They were on the lookout for neighbors.

“He’s from Texas,” Alaniz said, pointing at a man with sunglasses and a hat marking him as a veteran. She and Tognoli waved at an older couple, who they said frequent downtown restaurants and take daily walks. They debated whether another passerby, at 30, is the youngest veteran…