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Move, breathe, click: Salem yogis embrace virtual classes during COVID-19 quarantines
Catherine Albertini chats with students prior to a livestreamed yoga flow class at her studio, Yoga Escape, on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue…
PHOTOS: Stuck at home, Salem’s seniors turn to meal delivery
Charlotte Dehut accepts a delivery from Meals on Wheels volunteer Charles Schaer on Tuesday, April 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s Meals on Wheels program has seen more seniors signing up for meal deliveries as more people are staying home. The program is delivering an additional…
PHOTOS: In Salem, find refuge from the pandemic at Bush’s Pasture Park
A pollen-laden bee hovers near a camas root flower in Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) It happens every year in mid April, even during the coronavirus shutdown, the annual eye-popping burst of spring color in Bush’s Pasture Park in south Salem. Well…
SALEM IN NEED: Liberty House loses benefit event, seeks help to serve Salem-area children
Dr. Erin Hurley examines a young patient in a program at Salem’s Liberty House. (Photo courtesy of Liberty House) During the quarantine, there continues to be a concern for vulnerable children in Salem who may suffer from abuse and neglect. The pandemic has closed many…
Santiam Brewing owners innovate and experiment with food, beer, and community amid COVID-19
Santiam Brewing co-owner Jim Smiley, left, delivers a food and drink order to the home of Dan Valles on Friday, April 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are…
PHOTOS: This was a stay-in-your-car Easter service at west Salem church
Unable to conduct the usual Easter morning service in the chapel because of coronovirus restrictions, Pastor Seth Morley of the West Salem Christian Church delivered his sermon from a makeshift pulpit on a flatbed trailer parked in the church’s parking lot. Church members were asked…
And now a break from the pandemic
The historic Oak Grove Church in west Salem at sunset recently. The church was built in 1882. Throughout Salem, churches will be unusually quiet on Easter Sunday, April 12, as congregations obey the state’s order to avoid large gatherings and stay home. Some churches planned…
Riverfront Park remains popular as Salem seeks respite from ‘stay home’ directive
Richard Riffle and David G. walk through the closed spray park at Riverfront Park on Thursday, April 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) With warmer weather, Salem residents are escaping ‘stay home’ restrictions with trips to Salem city parks, which remain open. Health officials, however, have almost…
And now a break from the pandemic….
A tractor operator has no worries about social distancing as he tackles spring chores in a field on Kuebler Boulevard in south Salem. The temperature crept above 70 on Thursday, April 9, and will be in the 60s in the next few days, according to…