Two citizens speaking at the June 8 Salem City Council meeting asked Council to establish an Architectural Review Board. John Breen and Stella Reinhard said an ARB could help protect what they believe are historical structures worth saving. Reinhard told Councilmembers during the Citizen Comment period at the beginning of the meeting adopting an ARB could establish a list of protocol steps that would allow Council to vote on demolitions of historic importance. “We are losing some of the stories,” she said. Breen noted 70 percent of Salem houses are 50 years old, and suggested the city initiate tax abatements...