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Volunteers are needed to do battle against invasive plants in a Salem park.

If you’re free Thursday morning, you could join a crew sprucing up Englewood Park ahead of this weekend’s Englewood Forest Festival.

From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers will be mulching trees with wood chips and pulling out invasive plants at the park, located at 1260 19th St. N.E. Register online through SOLVE Oregon, which is coordinating with the city of Salem and Northeast Neighbors.

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Bridgetown Conservatory to launch musical theatre programs in Salem

The Portland-based Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theater expands into Salem to fill the void left by the closure of Enlightened Theatrics.

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Oregon on track to set new wildfire record for acreage burned

The season has likely not peaked and already 1.3 million acres have been blackened and several dozen homes destroyed.

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Salem-Keizer leaders consider levy as potential solution to school district budget gap

School district leaders are beginning discussions about seeking a property tax increase from voters to hire more educators, but have no concrete timeline to put a levy on the ballot.

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