Salem: Mark Cote, executive director of the Salem Mission, right, responds to a question from a Salem City Councilor during a meeting at City Hall on Monday. Cote hopes to convert the former St. Mary's Italian Church building into a permanent housing unit for the area homeless, but some locals are against the idea, and hope to preserve the building as a religious structure or art center. At left is George Atkins, attorney for the Salem Mission. Photo by Matthew Viglianti/Staff Photographer Monday, June 22, 2009.

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