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Student choirs from local schools are bringing holiday cheer to the Salem Center Mall.

On weekdays through Dec. 19, choirs from more than a dozen schools. The shows generally begin at 11 a.m.

A schedule of singing is available here.

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Before her death on Nov. 17, Annie Clark was known for picking up trash during her neighborhood walks in Salem. As a child in the 1940s under German occupation, she…

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On Monday, Edward W. Casian, of Salem, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his six-month-old son Ryker Casian in 2022. During a police investigation, Edward Casian admitted to…

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Tuesday to list the western monarch butterfly as a threatened species.

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