🌱 Salem Daily: Fire; Business Notes; Obits; And More

Up and at 'em, Salem! Tony Schinella here. Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here are the most important things happening today in Salem.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 53 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories in Salem today:

1. Fire Chief Retires; 4-Alarm House Fire; And More: PM Patch NH
2. SLIDESHOW: Three Alarm Fire in Lawrence | Gallery (Eagle-Tribune)
3. Holy Cow! History: For President's Day, Some Presidential Parting Words
4. Salem Weekly Weather Forecast (Salem Patch)
5. Salem: Check Out 2 Nearby Houses On The Market (Salem Patch)
6. Standex International Corporati - Consensus Indicates Potential 27.8% Upside (DirectorsTalk Interviews)
7. Joseph Hardacre | Obituary (Eagle-Tribune)
8. Letter: Good leadership deserves your vote | Opinion (Eagle-Tribune)
9. Under the Lights: Ahlers to Keene State | Sports (Eagle-Tribune)

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Today in Salem:

• Gentle Hatha Yoga: Salem Continuing Education (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Granite United: "Granite United Church Online | Keys Week 2 Granite United Church Online | Keys Week 2" (Facebook)
• Salem Fire Department: "SFD regrets to announce the passing of Retired Firefighter Mike Scanlon. Services will be held today, February 20th, at Douglas and Johnson. RIP Mike. Thank you for your 30 years of service to the Salem Fire Department and Town of Salem...." (Facebook)
• Salem Animal Rescue League: "Happy #NationalLoveYourPetDay!!!! Only a pet loves you more than you love yourself. You are truly blessed if you have a pet in your life. Show us those fur, fin, and feather babies!" (Facebook)
• Salem Animal Rescue League: "Candy and Molly are sweet three-year-old friends. At SARL, Molly would give Candy baths and Candy would wrap her tail around Molly. They were adopted by a lovely family of four that originally wanted to adopt kittens. After spending cons..." (Facebook)
• Granite United: "We can’t wait to see you! Here’s how you can join us for church today👇 Haverhill - Today at 10:30am Salem - Today at 9am & 10:30am Lawrence - Today at 10:30am Church Online - New time THIS WEEKEND ONLY, today at 10:30am" (Facebook)
• Granite United: "Good evening Granite United! Our Church Online service will be streaming live from our Salem Campus at 10:30am on Sunday, February 20th. Set your alarms for 10:25, and please share this out!" (Facebook)
• North Salem School: "Tuesday, February 22, 2022 will be a fun day at school. A special spirit day to commemorate 2.22.22!!" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "We love the show of kindness from our member, Copper Door Restaurant to local Salem restaurants on National Random Acts of Kindness Day. A true testimony of support for one another. It was a great way to bring smiles and happiness all ar..." (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "More Random Acts of Kindess done by our member, Copper Door Restaurant to our local area. It was a great show of support to everyone. #wickedawesomemembers #grsalemnhchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #eatlocal #lovelocal #RandomActsofKindness" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "There are so many great vendors at the Salem, NH Farmers Market to visit today. They are open 10am to 1pm at LaBelle Winery! #wickedawesomemembers #grsalemnhchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #shoplocal #eatlocal #lovelocal" (Facebook)
• Kelley Library: "Beat the Winter doldrums- Play Giant Jenga The set is made out of giant size Pine wood blocks with smooth sanded edges. The Tower starts out at 2.5 feet tall and can grow to over 5 feet during games. The object is to pull blocks out of t..." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Kelly Road: "Anyone with information on someone/company that can install a 'French drain system' in Salem, N. - H. ? Thank you!" (Nextdoor)

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— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...