🌱 Salem Daily: Obits; Sports; What's With The Pile Of Logs?

Up and at 'em, Salem! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Variable clouds. High: 65 Low: 47.

Here are the top stories in Salem today:

1. A Pile of Logs Prompted This Call to NBC10 Boston Responds (NBC10 Boston)
2. Missing NH Girl's Stepmom Remains In Jail, Violated Order: PM Patch NH
3. Standex: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Times Union )
4. High school softball: 19 and counting? Three schools tied for all-time state championships lead and looking for more (MaxPreps)
5. Salem Events Calendar: See What's Happening In The Area This Weekend (Salem Patch)
6. Salem Weather Forecast For The Weekend Ahead (Salem Patch)
7. Salem: 5 Newest Houses For Sale (Salem Patch)
8. Ralph Mahoney | Obituary (Salem News)
9. Dr. Allan Steingisser | Obituary (Salem News)
10. $300K cash, 9 kilos of cocaine seized in Methuen drug raid (Eagle-Tribune)
11. Obituaries 05-05-2022 (Winthrop Transcript)

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Today in Salem:

• Wine Tasting w Italian Desserts (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• North Salem School: "Students in Mrs. Gendron's kindergarten class have been doing lots of work with poetry and songs. Students were "copycats" today and used the beat of "Brother John" to create their own poem/song." (Facebook)
• North Salem School: "Ms. Novia's class learned all their lowercase cursive letters, so they got to practice them using shaving cream on their desks!" (Facebook)
• North Salem School: "We were treated to a very yummy salad bar today! Thank you so much!" (Facebook)
• Mary A. Fisk School PTA: "On behalf of the Daddy Daughter Dance Committee we would like to ask for your help! We are holding the Daddy Daughter Dance on May 13, fliers went home today. We are looking for help that day and night of the event and also looking for f..." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Main St: "Hello I’m looking to babysit during the hours of 7am till 6pm Monday to Friday. - I have 1 , 6 year old daughter, 1 , 3 month old son. She currently in school till June 17th. I’m home with my son. We are located in salem. Nh. Would lo..." (Nextdoor)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you soon!

— 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...

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