Our print edition hits the streetsPosted Apr25, 2008 at 10:37 AMThe first issue of our new community newspaper for Salem, Glenvar and western Roanoke County comes out today. * If you’re a subscriber to The Roanoke Times and live in zip codes 24153 or 24070, you’ll find So Salem included in your regular newspaper delivery each Friday. * If you’re not a subscriber, but still live in those areas, you’ll get So Salem mailed to you each week as part of the Simply Savings advertising flier you now receive. For most of you, that generally means it will arrive on Friday or Saturday, depending on postal delivery. If that uncertainty sounds like a reason to subscribe, our circulation department will be happy to help you. * In addition, we have free copies of So Salem available at these locations: -- Food Lion, 1796 Apperson Drive And, for a limited time only, we also have special promotional copies available at these locations in and around Salem: Welcome to So Salem!Posted Apr25, 2008 at 09:24 AMWelcome to the new website for community news for Salem, Glenvar and western Roanoke County. If you’ve been a regular reader of this blog for the past month or so, you’re noticing something different today. If you’re coming here for the first time, well, it’s all new anyway. The big news here today is that we’ve launched a full website -- and a weekly print edition. What you’re looking at here is The Notebook, our news blog for So Salem. Most days, we update this blog multiple times -- sometimes with things you’ll later see in print in some form, sometimes with things you won’t. Think of it as a running conversation. And we do want this to be a two-week street. You can click the “comment” button on the lower right to comment on blog posts. You can also share your news and photos at news@sosalem.com. If you want to bookmark this blog, here’s the new, formal address. And if you want to bookmark the whole site, you’ll want this. For more about what the whole website features, click here. And for more on our print edition, click here. Finally, to meet our community journalist, Miranda Adkins, either in person or in cyberspace, click here. Join us for coffee (or tea)Posted Apr24, 2008 at 03:59 PM Starting today, customers at the Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea on 17 East Main Street in downtown Salem will notice something different -- a drop-off box for submissions to So Salem, our new community newspaper and website for Salem and western Roanoke County. Yes, we know you’re reading this online -- and scattered all over this site are links where you can submit news and photos to news@sosalem.com. But we also know that not everybody is online -- and sometimes not everything is easy to send across the Internet. So that’s why we have a drop box. Think of this as our Salem bureau. We also know that sometimes it’s good to just sit and chat -- and that’s why Miranda Adkins, our community journalist for Salem and western Roanoke County, will be holding “office hours” at Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. That’s her picture on the right. Regulars might recognize her for another reason -- she used to work there. She’s eager to hear your ideas about covering our community -- so stop by and share some news the old-fashioned way. Coming this week: New website, new paperPosted Apr21, 2008 at 08:41 PMLater this week, we'll be expanding So Salem in two big ways. First, we'll be adding a full website for Salem and western Roanoke County to complement the news blog you're looking at now. We'll talk more about that when it goes up and we can point to some of the features. Second, we'll be launching our print edition of So Salem on Friday. It will be a new weekly newspaper to provide community news to Salem and western Roanoke County residents. There are three ways you'll be able to get the print version of So Salem. Continue reading "Coming this week: New website, new paper" » See your paparazzi pictures here!Posted Apr21, 2008 at 08:49 AM If you were at the Blue Ridge Kite Festival this weekend and got your photo taken by our paparazzi photographer, check it out here! Got news (or a photo) to share?Posted Mar21, 2008 at 06:05 PMDo you have news about something in Salem or Glenvar or western Roanoke County? A neighborhood event, a school achievement, or other recognition? Share it with us, and your neighbors. Send your community news to: news@sosalem.com And if you have a photo, send that on, too. We look forward to hearing from you. Welcome to So Salem!Posted Mar08, 2008 at 12:27 PMThis is the community news blog for Salem and Western Roanoke County. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be building out a related Web site and, later this spring, launching a weekly newspaper for families in those areas. In the meantime, keep coming back to this blog to keep up with what’s happening in this community. Our main writer for So Salem is Miranda Adkins. Some of you might recognize Miranda, a Roanoke College graduate, from her time as a manager at Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea on Main Street. And I'm Erica Myatt, So Salem's editor. One of the great things about news blogs is they’re a two-way street, so we’d love to hear from you. Just click below on "comments." Or share your news and photos with us at news@sosalem.com |
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Welcome to The Notebook, the community gathering place for news and tidbits from So Salem, by community journalist Miranda Adkins (that's Miranda on the left). You'll be able to find the most up-to-date news, events and stories in Salem, Glenvar and western Roanoke County here at this blog. And please join in! You can share your comments, stories, links and ideas here, too. This is your community conversation. .....Advertisement.....
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