Services
Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, 3543 Robinhood Road, Winston-Salem, offers a traditional worship service, 9 a.m. Sunday, and two contemporary worship services, 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday, via online streaming at youtube.com/MountTaborUMCVideoStreaming. All services are offered on the Facebook page âMount Tabor United Methodist Church.â Additionally each Sunday, the 9 a.m. traditional worship in the sanctuary and the 11 a.m. contemporary worship âIgniteâ in the worship center, are available for in-person worship in the churchâs worship center. Physical distancing, mask protocol and contact tracing guidelines are observed. For more information, go to www.mttaborumc.org or call 336-765-5561.
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SALEM Parks Director Shane Franks said he’s received nothing but strong support for a project to upgrade Centennial Park lights to LED.
Franks discussed the project during a public hearing held Wednesday night regarding the grant being sought to help pay for the lighting upgrade.
The Salem Department of Parks and Recreation is applying for a NatureWorks grant of up to $10,000 through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The grant would cover 75 percent of the cost and the parks department would need to fund the other 25 percent.
Franks said he received an initial quote of $7,355 from YESCO Electrical Supply in Columbiana for at least 38 lights, but he asked them to add two more so the quote will be updated for 40 lights.
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Members of the Salem Community Foundation Board of Directors gathered Thursday for the charitable organizationâs 55th annual meeting, which Salem Mayor John Berlin marked with a proclamation for Salem Community Foundation Day. Seated from left are Steve Bailey, Audrey Null, Carolyn Caldwell, Meta Cramer and John Tonti, president. Standing from left are Grant Coordinator and Publicist Melissa Costa, Gary Moffett, Joe Julian, Mark Equizi and Geoge W.S. Hays. Not pictured but in attendance via Zoom were Geoff Goll, Robert McCulloch III, Deborah McCulloch, Sal Apicella, Lou Ramunno and Joe Sedzmak. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)
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Staff Writer The city fire department experienced the effect of the pandemic on calls last year, with total incidents down 10 percent overall, dropping from 2,209 in 2019 to 1,977 in 2020.
The majority of incidents remained medical calls, but even those were down, decreasing from 1,458 in 2019 to 1,337 last year.
Those figures were all part of the department’s 2020 activity report released earlier this year
Chief Scott Mason attributed the drops to people not calling for help over fear of being exposed to the virus, plus less people were out and about due to the lockdown and less vehicles were traveling on the streets.
Hazardous materials/hazardous condition calls were way down from 158 in 2019 to 116 last year and service calls dropped from 357 to 282. Hazardous condition calls can include gas spills, gas leaks, explosives or other materials.