A plain-language read on Salem City Hall for the week of October 5 – October 12: the City’s request to keep Pedestrian Mall deliveries off Saturdays, Wednesday’s camping-ordinance committee, the final data-center ban, Halloween licenses and the meeting calendar through October 31.

A plain-language read on Salem City Hall for the week of September 28 – October 5, updated October 6: the cancelled business composting meeting, a proposed short-term rental excise, the data-center vote, holiday-weekend closures and the October meeting calendar.

A plain-language read on Salem City Hall for the week of September 21–28, updated September 30: the data-center zoning debate, October parade and rideshare rules, business composting, licensing updates, and upcoming meetings.

A plain-language read on what Salem’s boards, commissions and City Council actually did this week — and what’s coming — written for the people who run businesses here. This week: three citywide Haunted Happenings dates (the Food Truck Festival on the Common Sept 19–20, Mayor’s Night Out Sept 25, the Grand Parade Oct 1), the Shetland Park data-center permit appeal at the Zoning Board, a 16-room hotel and a 53-home project at the Planning Board, a Living Wage hearing, and $1M to extend the Salem Skipper.

A plain-language read on what Salem’s boards, commissions and City Council actually did — and what’s coming — written for the people who run businesses here. Every item points back to the city’s own posted record so you can check our work — and you should: agendas get amended, items get continued and meetings get cancelled, sometimes within the same