The proposed subdivision is on a 29-acre property at 4540 Pringle Rd. S.E. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council denied an application by a developer to build 139 single family lots on the historic Meyer Farm in south Salem. In a 5-2 vote, the council voted in favor of[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Salem to evict homeless camp at Marion Square Park Thursday
Dawn Campbell has been struggling to find an affordable place to live and has been staying at Marion Square Park. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) City leaders will force dozens of people to leave Salem’s Marion Square Park Thursday, while acknowledging there isn’t enough shelter space or available housing for the people[Read More…]
Once at risk of fading away, Salem’s oldest neighborhood association celebrates 50th birthday
A woman walks through Northgate Park on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s oldest neighborhood association was at risk of fading away without enough members to keep it going in 2020. Then Bayard Mentrum and his wife, Kaethe, decided to step up. Bayard now chairs the Northgate Neighborhood[Read More…]
Uncategorized Legislature says Salem can use state land for micro shelters
Oregon Senate on Aug. 10, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A bill that will make it easier to site micro shelter villages in Salem unanimously passed the Senate Friday. HB 4037 requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services find underutilized state property so the city of Salem can use it for[Read More…]
City Council lays out what they’d like to see in Salem’s next city manager
Salem City Hall. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s city councilors would the city’s next manager to have experience with community engagement and be bilingual in Spanish, according to feedback given to a recruiter during a special city council meeting Tuesday. Councilors spent an hour discussing a candidate profile that listed the qualifications[Read More…]
Unpermitted Oregon white oak cutting cost owners, developer $2,000 per tree in fines, city documents show
Trees cut down on a property in south Salem that led to an investigation by the city of Salem. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) An out-of-state property owner, Salem developer and local tree service were fined $2,000 a pop for Oregon white oaks that were cut down on southeast Salem properties in[Read More…]
With tow yards full, Salem could see more abandoned RVs on its streets
A trailer with a towing warning on it in the Mega Foods parking lot on Devonshire Avenue on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Suzanne Reynolds recently saw an RV parked by South Salem High School, she thought, “I’m going to get 100 calls for this.” Reynolds is[Read More…]
Salem lists sidewalk on Southeast Commercial Street as priority for federal funding
Center Street Northeast on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) It will be easier to walk along Southeast Commercial Street across from Roth’s Fresh Market and Wilco if the city of Salem is able to get additional federal funding. That project would add an 800-foot section of sidewalk along[Read More…]
Salem could have new flag to represent the city following a council decision
To cull down the list of finalists for Salem’s future flag, Brian McKinley had to sort through heaps of emails from people scoring each of the potential options. He said there were 175 submissions and with the help of judges, they narrowed that number down to 25. Feedback from the[Read More…]
West Salem Councilor Jim Lewis resigns to spend more time with friends, family
Councilor Jim Lewis during a volunteer event at Orchard Heights Park. (Helen Caswell/Special to Salem Reporter) There’s a line in a Jackson Browne song that goes, “If I could be anywhere right now, I would want to be here.” For now-resigned Salem city Councilor Jim Lewis, that describes Salem. “It[Read More…]
