Swing time!

Things were swinging both on stage — and off stage — at Jazz in July last weekend in Longwood Park.

We have a page full of photos in this week’s print edition of So Salem but, gosh, we took a lot more than that, so we’re sharing the entire gallery online. (By the way, that’s Adam Gordon of Salem on the swings there.)

Those aren’t the only online extras we have for you this week, of course. Each day we post upwards of a dozen new items from Salem and western Roanoke County on this site, so if you want to think of us as Salem’s digital daily newspaper, feel free!

Anyway, here’s an easy guide to finding the other extras this week:

* Arrests made in gunshow incident
* Cafe Madrid closes
* McClintics raise $600 selling lemonade for Children’s Miracle Network
* Glenvar student raising money for St. Jude’s
* Roanoke College observes Private College Week starting July 27
* More photos of the Salem Fair
* More photos of the “doggone” wedding at Richfield
* More photos of the Stanleys’ trip to Fenway Park
* More photos of “The Real McCoy”
* More photos from the horse show
* More photos from the Glenvar cheerleaders’ car wash

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* Photos of Salem American Legion baseball team
* More photos of Stonegate Swim Club

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Langhorne Place celebrates the Fourth of July with a parade. Photo by Ed Sweeney

Now that’s the way to ride in a parade — comfortably.

This little parade participant might not remember this year’s Fourth of July festivities, but there will be pictures to look back on, thanks to Ed Sweeney, who shared photos with So Salem from Langhorne Place’s holiday gathering. You can find some of them on the neighbors page in this week’s edition, but as is often the case, they didn’t all fit.  So you can click here to see a few more in the online gallery, including the one at left.

And that’s not all that you can scroll around The Notebook to see. Here are more of this week’s online extras:
* More bird’s-eye views of the Salem Fair, and a follow-up on the fair’s numbers
* Salem Host Lions Club awards scholarships
* Salem Kiwanis members send a 4-H-er to camp
* Photos from Glenvar cheerleaders’ car wash
* Photos from Epperly’s Elite Gymnastics
* Another photo of the Eatons at the Salem Fair
* Photos from the Relay for Life in Salem
* More photos of the Fullmers at the Salem Red Sox
* More photos of Annie Lin and Jerry Wu at the Salem Red Sox
* More from baton competition hosted by Pizzazz twirlers
* More photos from Music for Americans

AND IN SPORTS …
* More photos of the Salem Sabres
* More photos of the Maroon Crush
* Photos of the Scrappers 14U softball team in Lynchburg and at NSA Tournament
* More photos of the Virginia Attack vs. Roanoke

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Not all the rides at the Salem Fair spin and twirl and tilt and go ’round and ’round.

Some are camels.

Well, technically the camels go ’round and ’round, too, just, um, a lot slower than the Tilt-A-Whirl.

Barbara Krzysko of Salem sent us this photo from the Salem Fair — plus a bunch of others. In fact, we have so many photos from the Salem Fair, there’s no way we can fit them all in print.

Instead, they’re here online — right here in this gallery from Barbara and this one from Miranda Adkins.

Those are the only online extras we have for you this week. Here’s an easy way to find the rest:

* Jazz in July set for July 18 in Longwood Park
* Does Salem have best Chinese restaurant in the Roanoke Valley?
* Paparazzi photos of Salem people at Music for Americans
* More photos from the Nancy’s Candy Co. grand opening
* More surveillance photos from the July 2 bank robbery
* More surveillance photos – and the latest update on — the July 6 bank robbery.
* More photos from Freedom Blast
* More photos from the Adorable Pets contest

AND IN SPORTS . .
* Salem girls play on softball team that wins North Carolina championship
* More photos of the Virginia Attack baseball team

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It’s time for the fair!
In this week’s print edition of So Salem, you’ll find schedules and other info. But if you just can’t wait, well, you can go online and look at the photos we posted earlier this week of all the rides going up.

Every day, we post upwards of a dozen new items here on So Salem, making this Salem’s equivalent of a daily digital newspaper. There’s no way we can squeeze all those photos into the weekly print edition, though, so we routinely refer readers online to check out all the online extras.

Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:

* Police statement on truck-train collision
* Rancho Viejo coming to Salem
* Master gardeners hold events at Farmers’ Market on Saturdays
* Podcast with Salem native Harry Turner, music manager
* More photos from Relay for Life
* More photos of the color-changing pig at Henry’s Memphis BBQ (Have you painted the pig? Share your photos!)
* More paparazzi photos from Salem Red Sox game

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* More photos from the Salem rec girls basketball camp
* More photos of the Virginia Attack vs. Staunton River

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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We have so much coverage of Salem’s Relay for Life that we couldn’t fit it all into this week’s print edition.

Such as this photo of Judy LePrade (left) and Charlene Lester, on the Medeco Security Locks team.

That’s why each week we direct readers to come online for “more.” Every day we’re posting upwards of a dozen new items from Salem and western Roanoke County — we think of this as Salem’s digital daily newspaper. So here’s our guide to this week’s “online extras” — starting with our coverage of Relay for Life, about which we have seven different posts.

But we also have:

* Hibachi opens at Lakeside Plaza
* What’s on the Salem Farmer’s Market this weekend (well, here’s the link to last week’s report; we’ll post a new one as soon as we get it on Friday morning.)
* Henry’s pig gets another paint job
* Chance Crawford Foundation gives out more than $25,000
* Paparazzi photos of Salem people at Salem Red Sox game
* Photos of Fort Lewis Elementary fifth-grade trip
* More photos of Andrew Lewis students in the East Hill Cemetery
* Another photo of Adam Gordon’s birthday
* More on the Divine Dance Center
* More photos of Miss Roanoke Valley at Salem Red Sox game
* More photos of military being honored at Salem Red Sox game

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* More photos of Salem Sabres at Virginia Tech tournament
* More photos of Salem Storm soccer
* More photos of Team Roanoke at the Battle of Williamsburg lacrosse tournament
* More photos of Salem teams at Dixie Youth Baseball / RAYSA Softball night

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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It’s graduation season.

In this week’s print edition of So Salem, you’ll find two pages of graduation photos from Salem High School — actually, three, if you count the cover.

You’ll find even more here online. In fact, we have not one, not two, not even three, but four photo galleries from graduation — from Erin Millar, Miranda Adkins, Barbara Krzysko and John Adkisson. That’s one of John’s at left, showing grads celebrating by tossing baby powder. (And we’d have even more if you wanted to share some of yours. We’re at news@sosalem.com)

Each week, of course, we find ourselves with far more photos than we could even hope to fit in print. So that’s why we often refer readers to come online to see more.

Well, you’re online, and here’s this week’s guide to our online extras:

* Photos: Miss Roanoke Valley at Salem Red Sox game
* Photos: Salem Red Sox game honor military families
* Three Salem students compete in forensics nationals
* Roanoke County public schools annual report available online
* Roanoke College sees record freshman class
* More photos from Shrimpfest
* More photos from Annie Lin at the Keith Urban concert

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* Salem Suns win baseball tournament in Petersburg
* More photos of Salem Lightning vs. South County lacrosse
* More photos of Salem girls soccer
* More photos from Dixie Youth Baseball/RAYSAC Softball at the Salem Red Sox game

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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It’s graduation season.

In this week’s print edition of So Salem, you’ll find two full pages of photos from Glenvar’s graduation this week. (By the way, that’s Rebecca Lane, Emily Mann and Phillip Wills in the photo at left.)

And where, you ask, are the Salem High School graduation photos? Well, um, they’re right here — online. Salem’s ceremony, alas, came too late to meet our deadlines for this week’s print edition. (More to the point, it came too late for us to meet the deadlines to get the papers to the post office for those of you who get your copies in the mail, which a big percentage of our readers do.)

Have no fear — we’ll have Salem graduation photos in print next week. But we like to say that we’re Salem’s daily digital newspaper, and so everything is here online. In fact, day we post upwards of a dozen news items from around Salem and western Roanoke County, far more than we could ever fit in print. So each week, we offer up this guide to our “online extras.”

This week, we’ll start with our online guide to Glenvar graduation photos – and Salem graduation photos. (And if you have graduation photos to share, please do at news@sosalem.com.)

And now, here are some of our other online extras this week:

* Bacova Guild once again available in Salem
* Details on what offers new SpaVa owner will honor
* Annie Lin shares photos from Keith Urban concert
* Photo: Lynn Williams’ retirement party at Fort Lewis
* More photos from Chef Circle on Salem Farmers Market
* More photos from Adorable Pets
* More photos from Shrimpfest
* More photos from ribbon-cutting for golf course
* More on Roanoke College being named “campus of the year”
* More photos from Roanoke College vice president getting his head shaved
* More photos from the croquet tournament
* More photos of Glenvar Middle School students going bowling
* More photos from Community Day at Fellowship Community Church
* More photos from Salem After Five — both photos of the fun, and a gallery of what people were wearing. Plus, we have video!

AND IN SPORTS . .
* More photos of Patrick O’Keefe in state tennis tournament
* More photos of Salem girls soccer in state quarterfinals
* More photos of Glenvar softball in state quarterfinals, semi-finals and championship game
* More photos of Glenvar baseball in state quarterfinals

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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We publish the print version of So Salem once a week.

But gosh, how can a weekly newspaper keep up with how many times the pig outside Henry’s Memphis BBQ gets painted (and re-painted)?

Answer: Well, it can’t. So that’s why we have online.

Every day, we update this site with sometimes a dozen news items from around Salem and western Roanoke County — such as the photos that Penny Williams shared with us this week of how Glenvar’s softball team painted the pig Glenvar gold to celebrate its victory in the regionals.

We have one photo of that in this week’s print edition, but more online. And since state tournaments are going on this week, well, if the pig gets painted again, someone let us know — send us photos and we’ll share ‘em with you right here. (We’ve already seen the pig turn Glenvar green, then Salem maroon and now back to Glenvar green again — stay tuned!)

In the meantime, here are some of the other online extras we have for you this week:

* Photos from youth night at Salem Red Sox
* Military families can see Salem Red Sox free on June 14
* Salem spa gets a new owner
* More photos from Relay for Life
* More photos from the time capsule at Glenvar Elementary
* Read the full resolution commending William Sinkler
* More on Jacob Tyree named Highlander of Honor at Glenvar
* More on Cory Akers’ award from Johns Hopkins
* More on Chris Tucker running in the Boston Marathon
* More prom photos from Salem and Glenvar
* More photos of the squirrel at the Salem Civic Center
* More on the Cool Cities Coalition
* More on the Baseball 101 course at the Salem Red Sox

AND IN SPORTS . . . .
* Photos of Glenvar softball in regionals (and state, too!)
* Photos of Glenvar baseball in state tournament.
* Photos of Salem girls soccer in regionals (and state)
* More photos of the Salem Dirt Divas vs. the Glenvar Slammers
* More photos of the Salem Sabres vs. the Radford LadyCats and Valley AFC Mountain Cats
* More on what ESPN had to say about Ataijah Taylor

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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It’s tournament time for high school sports.

And we have lots of photos — far more than we could ever hope to fit into print.

Such as this one of Salem softball players Kelsey Bradshaw, left, and Samantha Gravely, right, finding out what it feels like to hold the River Ridge District trophy after the team won last week’s tournament.

We like to think of ourselves as Salem’s digital daily newspaper. Each day, we’re posting upwards of a dozen new items from Salem and western Roanoke County. Then, in each week’s print edition, we let readers know about all the online “extras” we have.

Here’s this week’s guide to what we have:

* Weekly report of what’s on the Farmer’s Market (Well, um, we could send you to last week’s, but you’re probably better off checking in Friday morning when we post this week’s, eh? But if you’d stopped in Tuesday, you could have found out about a special one-day only deal on strawberries.)
* ShrimpFest tickets now on sale
* Croquet tournament will be held Sunday at Roanoke College
* More on former Salem resident Pam Hartle on HGTV
* More photos from the East Salem Elementary Talent Show
* More prom photos
* More paparazzi photos from Local Colors

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* Photos of Salem Sabres soccer plays at Virginia Tech tournament
* Photos of Salem Dirt Diva’s vs. Glenvar Slammers
* ESPN praises Andrew Lewis student at Nike basketball camp
* More photos from Glenvar baseball
* More photos from Glenvar girls soccer
* More photos from Salem softball
* More photos from Salem girls soccer
* More photos from Salem JV girls soccer
* More on Salem lacrosse

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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Boom!

That’s Jenna Figaro — No. 2 for Glenvar Middle School — making a great block against a Read Mountain Middle School player during a recent girls soccer game.

Boom!

That’s how we like to think of the weekly delivery of our print edition. Well, not boom like the earthquake over the weekend — but boom in the sense of another week’s worth of exciting news and photos from around Salem and western Roanoke County.

Of course, we can’t fit everything into our print edition, not when we’re posting upwards of a dozen new items each day here online. So that’s why in each week’s edition we direct readers to come online for more.

This week, our online extras include more photos from the Glenvar Middle-Read Mountain soccer game.

And also:

* More photos from Tug for Tots
* Full text of police statement on man’s death in accident at Kroger
* Police release photos from Apple Market burglary; arrests made
* Photos from Salem High School scholarship and awards assembly
* Salem schools achieve Title 1 status for second year in a row
* Fellowship Community Church hosts community day May 24
* Salem women entered in mom-daughter lookalike contest
* Did your pet know the earthquake was coming?
* More prom photos

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* More photos from Division II Women’s Lacrosse teams visiting Salem
* More photos of Salem Snapping Turtles lacrosse

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com. (And a special request this week: Be sure to send us your holiday photos!)

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