Tag SALEM CITY GOVERNMENT

Student desks at the preschool program for Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality’s Preescolar Aprendiendo Avanzamos on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More families in west Salem will be able to access preschool starting this fall once Community Action Head Start moves into a new…

Derrick Hart organizes his possessions as he prepares to move them out of Marion Square Park during the eviction of a homeless encampment at the park on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Crews of city workers, police and public works staff were at…

The proposed subdivision is on a 29-acre property at 4540 Pringle Rd. S.E. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council denied an application by a developer to build 139 single family lots on the historic Meyer Farm in south Salem.   In a 5-2 vote, the…

Salem City Hall. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s city councilors would the city’s next manager to have experience with community engagement and be bilingual in Spanish, according to feedback given to a recruiter during a special city council meeting Tuesday.   Councilors spent an hour discussing a candidate…

Trees cut down on a property in south Salem that led to an investigation by the city of Salem. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) An out-of-state property owner, Salem developer and local tree service were fined $2,000 a pop for Oregon white oaks that were cut down…

Center Street Northeast on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) It will be easier to walk along Southeast Commercial Street across from Roth’s Fresh Market and Wilco if the city of Salem is able to get additional federal funding. That project would add an…

To cull down the list of finalists for Salem’s future flag, Brian McKinley had to sort through heaps of emails from people scoring each of the potential options. He said there were 175 submissions and with the help of judges, they narrowed that number down…

Councilor Jim Lewis during a volunteer event at Orchard Heights Park. (Helen Caswell/Special to Salem Reporter) There’s a line in a Jackson Browne song that goes, “If I could be anywhere right now, I would want to be here.” For now-resigned Salem city Councilor Jim…

Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett films a video acceptance for a literacy award in April 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Mayor Chuck Bennett beseeched Salem residents to vote for an upcoming infrastructure bond, highlighted the Salem Fire Department’s record call volume and said the city will do…