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Don’t mess with a kite-eating tree

I should have known there would be a kite-eating tree. I was flying a kite in the parking lot of Salem Montessori School the day before the big Kite Festival, since I was going to be sitting inside in meetings at the Virginia Press Association annual meeting while the festival was going on in... »

Montessori School gets city go-ahead

SALEM – After almost two hours of listening to nearby residents who were both pro and con, Salem City Council went ahead and approved a special exception permit to allow Salem Montessori to build a new school on land the city now owns. School representatives said they don’t have a contractor yet, but plan... »