OP-ED; Letters to the Editor Salem's renewal has Boston roots.(Editorial)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: July 20, 2001| Author: Keane, Thomas M., Jr. | Copyright information

Salem may not seem a lot like Boston: a fraction of its size and with a much better Halloween, the quaint seaside town seems an oasis far removed from the bigger city to its south.

But peer past the historic buildings and grand sailboats tucked in its harbor and one finds a city struggling with many of the same issues that Boston once had to confront. And in Salem's case, it's doing so with a mixture of homegrown ideas and programs first pioneered by Boston - and with Bo...

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