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From the city Facebook

Please be advised that memorial services and the funeral procession for Massachusetts State Trooper Kevin Trainor are planned for St. James Church on Federal Street in Salem this upcoming Wednesday, May 13, 2026. State Trooper Trainor graduated from Salem High School in 2013 and Salem State University in 2019, and his family continues to live in Salem.

Thousands of state and local police officers are expected to come to Salem on Wednesday to pay their respects. Road closures in the area of St. James Church are planned beginning at 8:00am and will continue throughout the morning. Parking and moving through the area will be challenging and limited at that time. Members of the public who wish to pay their respects as a part of the processional are asked to do so by lining Boston Street west of Bridge Street toward Peabody. Those who wish to do so should plan to assemble beginning at 9:45am. Please be advised that a rifle salute and a helicopter flyover are planned as a part of the ceremonies. Memorial services are anticipated to conclude well before the evening commute, and closed roads will be reopened accordingly.

More details will be issued in the coming days as they are confirmed.

From the dairy witch FB

After 74 years, Dairy Witch is closing.

That is not an easy sentence to type. There is a weight to it.

Bea and Pete Polemenako opened the window at 117 Boston Street in 1952, the same year their daughter Marietta was born. Marietta has stood by that window her entire life, but will be retiring this year. We will not be opening this spring. There will not be another season.

The open sign going up has always meant something around here. It meant summer was close. It meant the long lines on hot July nights were about to start. You stood in them on first dates and after Little League games, on visits home from school and after hard weeks at work. You brought your kids, and eventually your grandkids. You are why this place lasted 74 years.

We'll be sharing more in the coming days. Old photos, stories, and a few things we've been working on, so a piece of Dairy Witch can stick around even after the window stays closed. For now we just wanted Salem to hear it from us before anyone else.

Thank you.

The Dairy Witch family