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There will be a free walking tour through through Gaiety Hollow, Bush’s Pasture Park and Deepwood Gardens on Saturday, which will talk about historic trees, climate and local conservation efforts.
The tour starts at 10 a.m. at 545 Mission St. S.E. For more information, see the Mission Street Parks Conservancy Facebook event page.
See what else is happening this weekend in our events roundup below.
Here’s some of today’s news. Catch our latest reporting anytime on our website.
Events this weekend in Salem include a tour through Gaiety Hollow, flea markets and the Qingming Festival.
Salem police said Thursday afternoon that an argument at a homeless camp in a west Salem park prompted a shooting which left 29-year-old Charley Hodges dead and another man wounded.
The Salem City Council meets Monday, April 8, to consider a $325,000 settlement with a former 911 dispatcher who sued alleging that she was denied a promotion after department leaders…

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