Salem News

A life coach doesn't approach clients in the same manner that a sports coach offers instruction and direction to his or her players.

My perennials, in previous years referred to as "those stupid weeds," are all as big as buses with this steady moisture and as elegant as anything in a Penelope Hobhouse book.

Kim Sunee , author of the acclaimed memoir "Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home," will make appearances this coming weekend and the following in the North Country: This coming Saturday, July 11, she will lead a cooking class at the Battenkill Kitchen in Salem, Washington County.

In partnership with Gallery 668, Music from Salem announces a festive art opening and fundraiser celebrating the connections between music and art.

Jane Bradley likens the way most people move through life to light bulbs left on needlessly around a house.

The state comptroller's audit of the North Salem Central School District found problems in controls over issuing checks and tracking equipment, such as laptops, and in consistently seeking competitive bids for supplies and services.

On land or at sea, the mermaids in Coney Island were soaking wet Saturday. The annual Mermaid Parade stepped off in a downpour, with actor Harvey Keitel presiding over a soaking wet crowd of half-naked crazies whose spirits were hardly dampened.

At 90, Chandler Murray's mailbox, not counting bills and solicitations, receives only a handful of seasonal letters from a few old friends.

Music from Salem presents the Cello Seminar Concert on Sunday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge.

The effort to get a liquor store in Wilton has bloomed from one couple's business plan to a movement.

Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, UK E-mail: Gavin.Poludniowski@icr.ac.uk Abstract.

Dorothy C. O'Donnell, 84, formerly of Salem, N.Y., New Castle, N.H. and Rexford, N.Y., died Monday, May 25, 2009, at the Schuyler Ridge Residential & Adult Health Center in Clifton Park.

Summer Sounds of Salem, a free outdoor concert series sponsored by the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, begins June 20 and features an eclectic mix of music from around the world.

A North Salem, N.Y., man was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed Monday afternoon on Route 7. State police said Michael Gress, 45, was riding north about 3:40 p.m., when he lost control on a curve near Saddle Ridge Road, crossed the center line and put the bike down on its side.

One year after he was convicted of 20 counts of mail and wire fraud, a former high-flying investment adviser is finally scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon in federal court.

Dr. John Diamond will be the first person to say his paintings on exhibit at the Ironwood Gallery in Ridgefield are not art.

Opinionline Archives Rise of 'unaffiliated' shows discomfort with religion Richard Koral - South Salem, N.Y. It is clear that commentary writer Stephen Prothero's failure to accept the growing secularization of America is caused by his inability to see it .

The Wolf Conservation Center of South Salem, N.Y., and a 6-year-old Arctic gray wolf will pay a visit Sunday to Binghamton University's Lecture Hall 1. In addition with an up-close encounter with the wolf, Atka, attendees will learn about the history of wolves in the U.S., their importance to the ecosystem and efforts to save them.

Parks & Recreation Submitted by Cyd Groff on 2009-04-16.   The Town of Windsor will welcome the Wolf Conservation Center of South Salem, NY and their six-year old Arctic gray wolf, Atka, to Northwest Park, on April 25, at 12 p.m. The program will include an up-close encounter with this important but misunderstood predator.

Teachers from across the state are seeing the economy's effect in their classrooms, and 2,500 of them are comparing stories in Buffalo.