SALEM City council approved advertising for bids for five solar mixing units for the utilities department. The units, referred to as Solarbees, are solar powered mixing pumps that will be installed in the city’s freshwater reservoirs. The devices maintain water circulation within the reservoir and combat issues caused for the department by annual algae […]
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SALEM Challenging times call for a challenge to pray together as one for all for love, life and liberty.
That message resounded during the Salem Area’s 15th Annual National Day of Prayer Gathering Thursday in the gymnasium of the Salem Memorial Building.
If there was ever a time that the nation needed prayer, that time is now, Rev. Dan Hardy Jr. said, asking the Lord to pour out his love, his life and his liberty upon the United States.
“We need what only He can provide,” Hardy said.
The president of Allegheny Wesleyan College in Salem, Hardy serves on the committee for the event and offered the welcome and opening prayer.
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Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier Speakers and officials bow their heads as Salem Area Day of Prayer committee member Jim Kelly gives the closing prayer. Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier
Speakers and officials bow their heads as Salem Area Day of Prayer committee member Jim Kelly gives the closing prayer. Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier Speakers and officials bow their heads as Salem Area Day of Prayer committee member Jim Kelly gives the closing prayer.
SALEM Challenging times call for a challenge to pray together as one for all for love, life and liberty.
That message resounded during the Salem Area’s 15th Annual National Day of Prayer Gathering Thursday in the gymnasium of the Salem Memorial Building.
mgreier@salemnews.net
SALEM City council’s Parks Committee approved forwarding resolutions to establish Salem as a Bee City USA and seek a grant to update Centennial Park lighting.
The committee chaired by Councilman Dennis Plegge met Tuesday night in council chambers at city hall, with Councilmen Steve Faber and Ron Zellers also present as committee members.
Mayor John Berlin, Parks Director Shane Franks, Councilman Sal Salvino and city Service/Safety Director Joe Cappuzzello also attended the brief meeting.
Both resolutions will be sent to city council for action. The city Parks Commission, which is responsible for operating city parks, already gave its approval.
MARY ANN GREIER
SALEM The proposed closing of an alley between North Lundy Avenue and North Broadway behind the First Presbyterian Church will go to city council next.
The Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks Committee agreed Tuesday to forward the proposed alley vacation to council. Councilman Steve Faber, who chairs the committee, said three readings will be necessary before council, along with a public hearing before the third reading to approve it.
The city Planning Commission had already given its approval of the alley vacation last month.
During the brief committee meeting, Councilman Dennis Plegge, who was in attendance, asked what that means when an alley is vacated and whether the alley has to be blocked off.