Description: The Salem News covers 13 communities on the North Shore Salem Beverly Danvers Peabody Ipswich Hamilton Wenham Marblehead Swampscott Middleton Topsfield Boxford and Manchester We are based in Beverly at the old Beverly Times building on Dunham Road by the music theater Weve been around for more than 140 years and our core mission hasnt changed We are local journalists Were here to cover our communities as widely and deeply as possible We cover fires and blizzards garden shows and Pinewood Derbies We are one of the few community newspapers in the state with both a courts reporter and a Statehouse bureau In our features section we write about everything from the newest exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum to the annual Beverly Arts Fest Our sports report is second to none you wont find more local kids and sports featured anywhere Most days youll find more than 150 local kids named in dozens of stories Our opinion pages run more letters to the editor and local columns from readers than any other paper in our chain thats about 130 papers In short it all comes down to local we do everything we can to tell local stories every day