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Salem’s local brews are ready to tap into summer

An ear-handled, dark-glass 64-ounce beer growler sweats in the first real sun of an otherwise dreary, overcast summer. A torn label taped over the cap reads: MAMBA. Orange in color as it pours, there’s little head in the glass. It …

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Salem’s biking community hits kidical mass

Neighborhoods were rocked recently by the rumble of a biker rally making its way through the streets. Instead of Harley engines, though, they would have heard the bells,

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Fight club: mastering the art of swashbuckling

Violence is rampant in theater, with murderers, conspirators, jealous lovers and scurvy pirates lurking behind every curtain. For Ted deChatelet, it’s time somebody did something about it. “There’s not

trashless

Going trash-free for a year

Some words are like plastic: They linger long after they’ve been tossed out. “We get comments like, ‘Any time I throw something away, I think of you,’” said Adam

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The Warriors Within

It’s a Tuesday night in early December of last year and Robb Andersen is lighting a space heater, his breath thick in the icy air of a sub-arctic

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Geek chic

Being a parent means saying goodbye. As stepfather to a 17-year-old, Katie, I am bracing myself for the day she says her final goodbyes and steps out on

mmatraining

Earning the pain

Before the MGM Grand and the Mandalay Bay Events Center, fights were on a strip outside of Bend, or a farmhouse in the outskirts of Salem, recalls Robb

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Moments of truth

Salem’s problems may have changed over the past year, but Linda Norris’ outlook hasn’t. “I love this community, this job, and working for this city,” Norris said. It’s

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Rolling with delight

Find the bakery with a large storefront window on the corner of North 1st Street and Oak in Silverton, and if early enough, you just might catch the

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Hearts made healthier through prevention, not stents

For the emergency room, it was a typical day. For Dr. Frank Lord, MD, it was a final straw. Roughly two years ago, he recalls, a patient came to

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