🌱 Salem Daily: Snowbird Charged With DWI At Villages In Florida

Happy Friday, Salem! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything happening today in Salem.

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First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 36 Low: 1.

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Here are the top stories today in Salem:

1. Smith sets Senate announcement date, campaign website (Yahoo News)
2. Snowbird suffers panic attack during drunk driving arrest in The Villages (Villages-News)
3. OSHA Vaccine Mandate Partially Defeated; NH Reacts: PM Patch NH
4. Two local men plead guilty to burglaries after 15-month probe (Yahoo News)
5. Coming up on Stage | Lifestyles (The Salem News)
6. Mass. man identified as victim in fatal Atkinson crash (The Union Leader)
7. Mass. Navy veteran named as victim of fatal NH crash (Stars and Stripes)
8. Salem Weekend Weather Forecast (Salem Patch)
9. Salem Area Events Calendar: Check Out What's Happening This Weekend (Salem Patch)
10. 4 New Salem Area Houses On The Market (Salem Patch)
11. Weekend High School Sports Schedule For Salem Area (Salem Patch)
12. KPM Analytics acquires Bruins Instruments (Optics.org)
13. Manchester Police Increase Reward To $104K For Missing NH Girl
14. Flora Soly | Obituary (Eagle-Tribune)
15. John "Jack" Kirkman | Obituary (Eagle-Tribune)
16. Catherine Walsh | Obituary (The Salem News)
17. Louis Thompson, Jr. | Obituary (The Salem News)
18. Central can't hold onto lead, plays Westford Academy to draw (Eagle-Tribune)
19. THE FINAL SCORE | Sports (Eagle-Tribune)

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Today in Salem:

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From my notebook:

• Lancaster Elementary School: "Snow Day Stars turned into Monday Stars ⭐️" (Facebook)
• Salem Animal Rescue League: "Alum update - Cookie and Chester living their best lives! "Cookie loves to eat wet food and steals Chester's all the time, so she's very big and muscular but not overweight. Chester is pretty big himself, but leaner and has longer fur. T..." (Facebook)
• Salem High School: "What a great opportunity for our students! Congratulations to the students involved." (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Love to see the excitement at the Chick-fil-A Tuscan Village opening day!!! Enjoy, have fun and have a great day!!! #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #eatlocal #lovelocal" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "How do you grow workers? Get them connected with businesses and excited about a career! Thank you Tom Boucher and Chef Nicole for donating your time and talents to inspire these young culinary artists. THE RESULTS ARE IN! The Chamber and..." (Facebook)
• Salem Community Television: "more of Dave Tilton on SCTV17" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Lots of cuddles and smiles happening at Warde Senior Living! We love to see our senior citizens so happy and engaged. #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #lovelocal #loveourveterans" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Another act of kindness from our member, Chick-fil-A Tuscan Village. They donated 100 gift cards to the local We Care Charity. The chamber and our members appreciate Chick-fil-A Tuscan Village for reaching out to many of our local non-pr..." (Facebook)
• Kelley Library: "Food Science Thursday Jan 20th 4:30 PM This program is for children ages 5-8. Children will take part in a science experiment they can eat. Register for the Frosting Playdough experiment. Be sure to take photos of your creation and send ..." (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Happy 2nd anniversary to our member, Project Soul Yoga! We wish you many more years of success!!!! Thank you for being a great community advocate. #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #shoplocal #lovelocal #happya..." (Facebook)
• Salem Community Television: "Slight Change in the open positions on the Zoning Board. Filing Period is Jan 19 to Jan 28" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Always a good meal and good time at our member, Castleton Banquet and Conference Center! #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #eatlocal #lovelocal" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Thank you to our member, Minuteman Press of Londonderry, for reminding us it is National Sticker Day. There is never enough stickers! contact Bob for ordering the best stickers and any other printing needs. #wickedawesomemember #grsalemc..." (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "A great opportunity to learn about yoga from our member, The Heart Exchange Yoga & Wellness! #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #lovelocal" (Facebook)
• Salem Community Television: "Selectmen meeting Live, 1/13 at 7pm on SGC 23, Livestream, www.sgc23.com and Facebook Live. Agenda: Public Hearing on Bonds and vote on Warrant Articles, Bonds and Citizen Petitions." (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "A timely message from a dear, non-profit member, HAVEN NH. #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #lovelocal #Nonprofit" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "Call our new member, New England Wildlife Control, for a free estimate for those pesky critters. #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #newchambermember #lovelocal" (Facebook)
• Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce: "We love everything Sama Chocolatier makes! If you are looking for a special treat for Valentine's Day (or any day), please check out her website: http://samachocolatier.com/ #wickedawesomemember #grsalemchamberofcommerce #supportlocal #s..." (Facebook)
• Kelley Library: "Music & Motion Winter Session Thurs- 10-10:30 am Jan 20 - March 3 This program is for children ages 2-5 and includes age appropriate music, rhymes and movement. Not a story time so come and shake your sillies out with us! Children and si..." (Facebook)
• Salem High School: "Please see my updated Principal's Blog. https://sau57.org/shs/blog/Cou... https://sau57.org/shs/blog/Rising-Chef-Souper-Star-Challenge" (Facebook)

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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...