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Hurricane Sandy left a lot of damage in its wake, not the least of which involved damaged trees all over Salem and the region. The state fire marshal's office offered the following t...

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On Twitter, the Salem School District announced Tuesday evening that school will be back in session Wednesday at all Salem schools. Salem schools had been closed Monday and Tuesday a...

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The state's largest utility is making progress restoring Hurricane Sandy outages, but notes some of the more stubborn outages will continue to the weekend. "Some, I think, will proba...

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Everyone's talking about Hurricane Sandy, which has been described as a "storm of record" by local meteorologists. If you've taken photos of the storm, damage it has caused or any ot...

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Gov. John Lynch commended state and local emergency management teams on Oct. 30 for their “terrific” response to Hurricane Sandy. Lynch stated at a press conference that the state ha...

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UPDATE, 8:45 p.m.: Power has been restored to most in Salem at this hour. According to the Liberty Utilities, 673 Salem customers are without power, down from a peak number of 7,805 earli...

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Trick-or-treating in Salem will be delayed for a second straight year after town officials decided to postpone the Halloween activity to Sunday, Nov. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. Salem Board ...

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The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service prepared a fact sheet for keeping food safe during an emergency, including losing power.  The USDA says to "keep the refrigerator and fr...