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NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - The best therapist has fur and four legs.

There was no disputing that after service canine Kiki snuggled up to delighted residents at Salem Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare.

The wee, black pooch brought “comfort, joy, and huge smiles to our community,” Salem Hills officials said.

They also shared the following puppy poem (author ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.”

North Salem today is horse country. Our bucolic rolling hills are alive with farms that house champion horses, alpaca and even a cow or two, can still be found if you look hard. North Salem’s championship horse shows are world renowned and have been attracting spectators and ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - Although literally up to her elbows in colorful flowers last week, Libby Parker took a break to promote her latest entrepreneurial adventure – an artisan “general store” she hopes to grow in Croton Falls.

The former owner of Lift Trucks Gallery was making bouquets for Parker Mercantile, a treasure trove of hand-crafted goodies now planted in one half ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - It’s baaaack!

The Ruth Keeler Memorial Library Fair, having been put on ice for two years because of the pandemic, is on for mid-May. Hooray!

Thanks to the generosity of North Salem’s avid readers, not only will there be books galore to buy, there will be a plant sale, bake sale, family fun stuff, and booths manned by community groups.

Salad lovers will be ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - One of the most avid supporters of North Salem’s youth sports may be gone, but his good works live on in the form of dugouts, backstops, playing fields, fencing, scoreboards, and – most importantly – the smiles of budding athletes.

Wayne Stephen Outhouse was born in Croton Falls in 1952 on the Fourth of July. He shared that birthdate with ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden kicked off another season with a welcome celebration on Saturday, April 23.

The afternoon saw guests gather for a tea ceremony, an Earth Day tour of the grounds, an Asian Brush Artists Guild demonstration, and exhibitions of artwork that will be on display throughout the coming months.

Setting the mood for the afternoon were ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - There’s not a seed of doubt in the minds of local environmentalists that planting trees and shrubs near streams, rivers, or lakes helps stabilize banks, protects water quality, and improves wildlife habitat.

The North Salem Open Land Foundation has participated in the state Department of Environmental Conservation's “Trees for Tribs” program ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - Old Salem Farm’s spring competition has always been one of the premier stops on the nation’s hunter-jumper horse circuit.

Equestrians and spectators were disappointed in 2020 when COVID-19 restrictions on large gatherings called a halt to the event. It was the first time the venue had to do that in its 40-year history, OSF owner Scott Hakim had ...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - The folks at two North Salem health care facilities have collected medical and other necessities for those in need in Ukraine.

Waterview Hills and Salem Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare centers in Purdys turned to their own staff for the effort after one of their nurses, who has family in the war-torn country, made the suggestion.

Last month, Redding, Conn.

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - Red buds burst open/Wings of blue jay brush my ear/The triumph of spring.

That’s how Alisa Sakai paints – in haiku – a picture of the upcoming welcome celebrations at the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden.

Doors will open at 12 noon on Saturday, April 23, at the haven of serenity in North Salem where Sakai is vice-chair of the ...