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Salem's Top 5 Stories of the Week

Here's a look back at this week's most-read Salem Patch stories.

Here's a look at our top five stories of the week. Click on the headlines the read the full story.

PHOTOS: Blizzard of 2013 in Salem: Salem residents woke up to more than a foot of snow Saturday morning and we asked you, our readers, to submit your photos of the snow outside your windows! The result was a great collection of awesome local storm photographs.

Salem Firefighters Rescue Snow-Trapped Horse: In addition to extinguishing two snowplow fires in white-out conditions overnight, Salem firefighters can add saving a trapped horse to their growing list of duties performed during The Blizzard of 2013.

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Salem Habor Power Station CEO Touts Design of New Facility: The natural gas plant slated to replace the coal-fired facility at Salem Harbor Power Station will be smaller, cleaner — and much better looking. That's a reasonable summary of part of a wide-ranging presentation given by the CEO of the company that says it will transform the site into a mixed-use area that will not only power the region, but also provide berths for big cruise ships.

Coming Soon to Salem: Longboards Cafe & Bar: The Wharf Street commercial space that was formerly home to The Hungry Whale will reopen in the coming months as Longboards Cafe & Bar.

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Ex-Chemist Faces Sixth Arraignment - This Time in Salem: The ex-chemist whose work will have tainted thousands of drug lab cases across the state faced her sixth arraignment, this time in Salem, on Monday morning.

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