Gary Moffett has served Salem community for decades | News, Sports, Jobs
SALEM — Gary Moffett isn’t a “me” or “I” kind of guy. The 84-year-old former retailer recently retired after more than 36 years on the Salem Civil Service Commission, both as a board member and clerk/secretary, lending a hand in the hiring process for nearly every current member of the city’s safety forces. That’s a lot of responsibility for a three-member board, but for Moffett, it was just one more way to serve the community that became his home as a youngster, to help the community where he and his wife Wilma raised their family and operated their businesses and where they ...