Names for Salem’s downtown alleyways were announced this week. (Anna CK Smith/ Salem Reporter) The results have been tallied. The new names of Salem’s downtown alleys are as follows: Electric Alley: Named after the Electric Building erected in 1917. Wexford Alley: Named after Wexford Theater which opened in 1910 and[Read More…]
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Capital Park church steps up to shelter Salem homeless in winter
Capital Park Wesleyan Church will house about 50 homeless people on below freezing winter nights, becoming the fourth Salem church to join the warming center network. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A fourth Salem church will shelter homeless people overnight during the winter months, adding space for about 50 more people to[Read More…]
Employee surprised with car at Salem KFC
Crystal Lachance won a new car on Tuesday thanks to a wish-granting initiative at KFC. (Courtesy/KFC) When Crystal Lachance showed her 9-year-old son her brand-new car on Tuesday, he told her: “My dreams are coming true and yours are too now.” For more than a year, La Chance walked an[Read More…]
Local designer uses Instagram account to highlight Salem community
Vin Thomas, creator of Salem Takeover, poses with his puppy, Telly, outside Isaac’s in downtown Salem. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) There’s more to Salem than meets the eye. That’s the premise of Salem Takeover, a homegrown Instagram account run by a different resident each week. Last week’s poster was Joe McKay,[Read More…]
Plans for northeast Salem food hub in the works
Plans are in the works to create a food hub at 2640 Portland Rd N.E. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Residents in a part of Salem that has limited access to fresh food could soon have new eateries to patronize. Plans are in the works to create a multicultural food hub at[Read More…]
Salem warming centers work to boost volunteer roster before winter
Lead volunteer Russ Lipetsky directs warming center volunteers before opening at First Presbyterian Church on Feb. 27, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) It will likely be months before Salem temperatures drop below freezing at night, but local churches and social workers are already planning how best to shelter homeless people from[Read More…]
In Salem, Sidewalk Talk volunteers listen with no strings attached
Kelly Ward holds a Sidewalk Talk sign at the group’s first event on May 18, 2019 in Riverfront Park. (Courtesy/Kelly Ward) As nurses, Kelly Ward and Lindsey Cretella spend a lot of their time listening to people. Now, they’re taking those skills to the streets with a Salem chapter of[Read More…]
Here’s where kids can get free summer meals in Salem
Veronica Diaz squirts mayonnaise on her son Victor’s sandwich during a free summer lunch at Washington Elementary School on June 18, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Veronica Diaz remembers eating summer lunches at Four Corners Elementary School when she was a kid in Salem. It was a chance for her and[Read More…]
St. Joseph’s church plans all-night walking pilgrimage to Mount Angel
Pilgrims walk the 2012 Pellegrinaggio Macerata-Loreto in Italy. Father Jonah Lynch is bringing the tradition to Salem. (Photo by Flickr user Leonora Giovanazzi) Staying up all night on a Friday is usually a task reserved for rowdy college students, not Catholic priests. But Father Jonah Lynch is bucking the trend. The[Read More…]