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Rowan weather: Blistering

If you can make it through today and tomorrow, we’ll see a cooler trend starting and going into next week. Today will be sunny and ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 8:45 am

Local

Rowan weather: Hot and humid

Just keep thinking about Saturday’s cooler temperatures, but be prepared for a hot Wednesday and Thursday, here in October. Today will start with patchy fog, ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Tuesday, October 1, 2019 7:49 am

Food

Let your appliances do the work for you

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Will summer never end? We will ever get to the season of soups and stews, hot chocolate and apple pie? ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00 am

News

Rowan weather: Very small chance of showers

It’s already warm and muggy, and we’ll have a high of 86 today, with partly sunny skies. Winds will be east northeast at 3-5 mph. ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Monday, September 30, 2019 7:49 am

Entertainment

Piedmont Players planning a great season for kids and adults

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Piedmont Players opens its new season next week, with the popular play, “Shakespeare in Love.” It opens Oct. 3 and ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Sunday, September 29, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Rowan weather: Toasty weekend

It’s going to be another hot weekend, but there’s a slight chance of rain Saturday. Today will be mostly sunny and 88, with east wind ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Friday, September 27, 2019 7:49 am

Entertainment

‘Kimberly Akimbo’ is funny in the right places, and thoughtful

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com If you don’t know what to expect from “Kimberly Akimbo,” which opened Thursday night at Lee Street theatre, go anyway. ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:36 am

Local

Rowan weather: Another sizzler

At least the early mornings feel fall-like. We’re in for another hot day, and we still have Code Yellow air quality due to ozone. It ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 26, 2019 7:49 am

Books

Book highlights big changes in NC Supreme Court

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Please hold your eye rolls. There is a new book that talks about the N.C. Supreme Court in the mid-1980s. ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00 am

Books

Bestsellers (9-26-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood. 2. The Chestnut Man, by Søren Sveistrup. 3. This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger. ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00 am

Education

Nursing and dental assistant students provide screening at RCCC

SALISBURY — The nursing and dental assisting programs at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College joined forces recently to host “Give Back, Smile Back,” offering free screenings and ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Rowan weather: No fall-like weather here

After a cool start this morning, clouds will mostly clear and we’ll have a high of 88. Winds will be light and variable, then northeast ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Wednesday, September 25, 2019 8:45 am

Local

Rowan weather: Is it really fall?

Well, it’s just more of the same — hot, sunny and dry. And it is yet another Code Yellow air quality day for ozone. Today ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 7:49 am

Food

Put some pizzazz in pizza night

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com What night is pizza night at your house? At ours, it’s usually Friday night, when we are tired of cooking ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Rowan weather: First day of fall is hot

It might be the first day of fall, but you wouldn’t know it by the weather. Our average high this time of year should be ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Monday, September 23, 2019 7:49 am

Local

Rowan weather: Plenty of sunshine after cool start

Rowan County is having the coolest morning temperatures since spring, but it won’t last long. The next week will be sunny and dry, with rising ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Friday, September 20, 2019 7:49 am

Local

Rowan weather: Cool start today, cooler tomorrow

This morning was a welcome change from the sticky mornings we’ve had for months. Today will be mostly sunny and just 75, with east northeast ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:49 am

Books

Finding value in financial literacy at Rowan Public Library

By Stephanie Reister Rowan Public Library September is all about reading literacy and getting your library card at Rowan Public Library. Along with this type ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00 am

Books

Bestsellers (9-19-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood. 2. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. 3. How to be an Anti-Racist, ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00 am

Books

Dixie Gamble comes home with new book

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Dixie Gamble will be at South Main Book Co. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to do a reading and sign copies ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00 am

Education

Livingstone’s Fall Convocation is Friday

SALISBURY — Livingstone College freshmen will earn their rites of passage during fall convocation on Friday. The annual program begins at 10 a.m. at Varick ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00 am

Books

‘Bookwatch’ features story of Biltmore House

Asheville author Denise Kiernan tells the story of the Biltmore House in “The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Rowan weather: A break from the heat

It is noticeably cooler today, with plenty of cloud cover. It will eventually clear and we’ll reach a high of 78, with northeast wind around ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 8:46 am

Local

Rowan weather: One more hot day

It’s going to be another hot day, then we get a little break before it heats up again. It is a Code Yellow air quality ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:49 am

Food

A little of this, a little of that, and you have a casserole

So often, my husband and I try to figure out what to fix on Sunday that will last us at least a couple of days. ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Rowan weather: Sunny and hot

The week is going to start off hot, with a high of 90 today. By midweek, we’ll see more hints of fall, but by next ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Monday, September 16, 2019 7:49 am

Local

Rowan weather: Slight chance of rain later

Today will be a Code Yellow air quality day for both ozone and particle pollution. Unusually sensitive people may be affected. It’s going to be ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Friday, September 13, 2019 7:49 am

Local

Rowan weather: More bad air, more heat

It’s going to be a scorcher, and we are again facing a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. The air is ... Read more

by Deirdre Smith, Thursday, September 12, 2019 7:49 am

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