Jonathan Jones, co-owner of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails passes out coffee and free meals to community members during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) During the “magic hour” window of 5 to 7 p.m. at Salem’s Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails, co-owner Jonathan[Read More…]
COMMUNITY
Salem’s fair trade shop celebrates 20 years as a market for artisans around the world
Desta Sirrine, assistant manager at One Fair World on Northeast Court Street in Salem. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) When Ann Niedereh and three other Salem women opened the fair trade shop now known as “One Fair World” in 2002, they didn’t exactly know what they were getting themselves into. None had[Read More…]
13th Street Nursery celebrates 100th anniversary on Sunday
Scott and Dianna King took over 13th Street Nursery in 2018, 98 years after it first opened. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Generations of Salem area residents have counted on a small nursery off Southeast 13th Street for quality plants and service. On Sunday, 13th Street Nursery will celebrate its 100th year[Read More…]
Salem teens invite visitors to “take what you need” from library
Sonja Somerville, the Salem Public Library’s teen librarian, restocks the “Take What You Need” wall in the library’s ground floor women’s bathroom on Tuesday, May 24 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For parents of young children, being stuck in public without a clean diaper can be a big source of stress. Salem[Read More…]
“I didn’t expect the spirit to go out of people”: Salem nurse manager recalls Ukrainian relief trip
Marty Crittenden, a nurse manager at Willamette Vital Health, recently returned to Salem from Warsaw where she spent two weeks treating Ukrainian refugees. (Courtesy/Marty Crittenden) Marty Crittenden rarely saw her patients cry during the two weeks she spent in Warsaw providing medication and mental health support for Ukrainian refugees. The[Read More…]
Middle schoolers create art for micro shelter residents in months-long project
John Marshall, a pastor at Salem’s Church at the Park, said local middle school students have had a conversation over the past four months that he never heard in 12 years of Salem-Keizer public education. He said Howard Street Charter School has encouraged students to think critically about what it[Read More…]
Meet the woman working to bring concerts to Salem’s new amphitheater
Kathleen Swarm, amphitheater manager for the city of Salem, outside the Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Shortly after Kathleen Swarm moved back to Salem in early 2021, she was driving over the bridge across the Willamette River when she noticed construction[Read More…]
Transitional living program for fathers with addictions expected to open end of summer, county officials say
Melissa Pola provides drug and alcohol counseling at Her Place, the drug treatment home that ten years ago fostered her recovery from addiction. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) A new transitional living program run by Marion County will provide childcare and addiction treatment for fathers with substance abuse disorders who may otherwise[Read More…]
Salem nurse manager headed to eastern Europe to aid Ukrainian refugees
Marty Crittenden visits with two boys while on a 2018 trip to Kenya, where she spent a week running a pharmacy. (Courtesy/Marty Crittenden) When Marty Crittenden received an email March 31 from International Medical Relief about an upcoming mission trip, she immediately asked her boss at Willamette Vital Health for[Read More…]
Now underway, mission school excavation yielding more questions
David Winkler, a graduate student in archaeology, excavates a pit at Willamette Heritage Center on April 8, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Archaeology typically doesn’t involve whips, rolling boulders, pits full of snakes or priceless historical relics. In contrast to the Indiana Jones image many Americans were raised with, the real[Read More…]
