SALEM The Salem Post Office has officially been renamed in honor of a prestigious Salem airman. A ceremony Thursday afternoon saw the office officially re
SALEM The Salem Post Office has officially been renamed in honor of a prestigious Salem airman. A ceremony Thursday afternoon saw the office officially re-designated the “Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office” in honor of the late Tuskegee airman. An alum of the Salem High School Class of 1937, Howard enlisted in the U.S. Army […]
SALEM The Salem Post Office will be re-dedicated in memory of a Salem airman Thursday. The ceremony, to be held at 1 p.m., will honor Salem High School Class of 1937 alum Howard Arthur Tibbs and see the building officially re-designated the “Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office.” Tibbs served his country during World War […]
SALEM City council moved to accept an estimated $2.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Tuesday, but half the money isn’t expected to hit city
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SALEM City council moved to accept an estimated $2.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Tuesday, but half the money isn’t expected to hit city coffers until next month.
The rest will come 12 month later.
As for how to spend it, that wasn’t discussed. City Auditor Betty Brothers said there are still a lot of questions on how the money can be used, with some very general guidelines in place now.
She said the money can be spent on negative impacts caused by the pandemic, aid to impacted industries, preventing cuts to government services, such as using it to make up a shortfall in the city income tax, or investing in improvements to water, sewer or broadband services.