Mobile home tenants support rent limits, an oak tree's history
Good morning, Salem.
If you live in northeast Salem and have an interest in finance management, the city of Salem has a vacancy on its budget committee you could fill.
The budget committee, which includes appointed members and the Salem City Council, spends about six weeks reviewing the recommended budget for the next fiscal year. The budget committee will eventually make the difficult decisions on what city services to cut, and in some cases possibly eliminate, at four upcoming meetings scheduled in April and May.
A seat is open for a Salem resident in Ward 5, which includes the Highland, North Lancaster and Northgate neighborhoods.
Budget committee meetings will take place Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. starting April 16.
People interested in filling the spot on the committee need to submit an application online.
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Mobile home tenants say a proposed bill limiting rent increases will help them afford essentials with fixed incomes. Landlords warned the bill could force them to sell to out-of-state companies,…
A small group of people gathered Friday, Feb. 14 to plant a new oak tree in front of the historic Smith-Fry house in the Gaiety Hill neighborhood in Salem. The…
Mark Parrish is a local musician who started playing in bands at a young age along the West Coast, where he first started using heroin and meth. Five years sober,…
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