Two volunteers are vigilantly removing low-hanging branches on a large conifer tree, one is carefully pruning heritage roses, and another is painstakingly removing moss from a concrete ledger covering ...

SALEM – The Friends Burial Grounds, a small cemetery hidden behind the former Hickory Rib building on South Ellsworth Avenue, has a new keeper. Perry Township trustees had been caring for the grounds ...

Old Burying Point Cemetery, like the name suggests, is Salem's oldest maintained cemetery. Established in 1637, this cemetery is a frequent stop on many of Salem's best ghost tours. Famous Salem ...

A century ago, the first part of April was marked by many of Salem’s Chinese American community with a pilgrimage to the Salem Pioneer Cemetery in celebration of the Qing Ming Festival. Part of the ...

An oak tree’s life can span a thousand years; an apple tree’s, closer to 200. To a shorter-lived organism paying attention, trees are messengers from the past. Some give evidence of people dead for ...