A group of around 50 Salemites spent their Monday morning off pulling weeds and planting trees.
Tag: PHOTOS
PHOTOS: This not-so-little piggy went to market in Salem
Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, joins the crowd at Salem Saturday Market on April 2, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) While not exactly “this little piggy went to market”, Oscar, a Kunekune Juliana pig, delighted children and adults while confounding dogs with their owners at Salem Saturday Market. Weighing in at[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Children gather to meet Santa, make cookies
Hazel Judd, 3, of Salem, colors a plate to use for cookies for Santa at Salem’s Riverfront Carousel on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Jasper Roberts, 3, of Salem, picks out marshmallows for a hot cocoa mix during Holiday Crafts Day at Salem’s Riverfront Carousel on Saturday, Dec.[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Riverfront Park Christmas tree lighting
Lights on holiday displays during the 26th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Riverfront Park on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Santa was on hand to flip the switch for the holiday tree during the 26th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Riverfront Park on Friday, Dec. 10,[Read More…]
PHOTOS: October brings pumpkin patches, mazes and cider
Quentin Pollard, 7, of Salem, jumps off of hay bales into a pit of hay at Fordyce Farm on Oct. 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A wheelbarrow full of pumpkins at EZ Orchards Harvest Festival on Oct. 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Lily Brandt, 1 1/2, of Stayton, checks out[Read More…]
PHOTO GALLERY: Saxons weather a pandemic year, graduate in person
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial[Read More…]
CHRONICLE OF A STORM: Readers share photos documenting Salem’s ice storm
Limbs rest on a pickup truck in the Englewood neighborhood of Salem on Saturday, Feb. 13.(Regina Fischer photo) The ice storm that slammed into the Salem area Friday night caused lots of damage – but also provided opportunities for amateur photographers to document the event. Salem Reporter readers shared some[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Salem works to recover from ice storm as temperatures warm
A man works to clear debris on a parked car on Center Street in Salem on Saturday, Feb. 13. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The sound startled people from one side of town to another: c-r-r-a-c-c-k-k. On street after street, in yard after yard, trees and shrubs crumbled under the weight of[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Aerial views over Gates reveal fire’s rampage
A worker starts the big job of cleaning up debris in Gates. The community was hit hard by fires on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8, triggered in part by power lines toppled as high winds hit the Santiam Canyon. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) With smoke cleared, the patchwork of wildfire damage[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Salem cools off at Wallace Marine Park
People gathered on the gravel bar below Wallace Marine Park to cool off in the Willamette River on Thursday, July 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Temperature soared into the 90s in Salem on Thursday. Residents seeking relief from the heat took to the banks of Wallace Marine Park to cool off[Read More…]