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Rowan-Salisbury Schools closed Monday for students; Catawba will resume classes Tuesday

Staff report SALISBURY — Because of lasting effect of tropical depression Florence, Rowan-Salisbury Schools will be closed for students Monday. Here was the message issued ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:08 pm

Local

What’s in store today? Flo moves at a snail’s pace, keeps dumping rain

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Nothing was going to keep Tiffany Patrick from competing against other barbecue teams at the Biker Blues & BBQ ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Finishing plant, Yadkin Mill Village circa 1968

Marlene Kepley provided this aerial photograph of the N.C. Finishing Co. plant and a portion of the Yadkin Mill Village (bottom part of the photo), ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:00 am

Education

Livingstone College closed through Monday because of Florence

Staff report SALISBURY — Livingstone College President Jimmy R. Jenkins Sr. said Livingstone College will remain closed through Monday “due to the effects of now ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:00 am

Local

A report from the coast: Former Salisburian dealing with storm’s aftermath in Crystal Coast area

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com Ben Taylor felt a bit conflicted Saturday. The Salisbury native had ridden out Hurricane Florence’s impact as part of a skeleton ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Heavier rains coming as Florence inches on; Rowan County Fair postponed again until Monday

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan Countians settled in Saturday for what forecasters are still predicting could bring upward of 12 inches of rain ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 15, 2018 1:21 pm

Education

Catawba College will be closed Monday, too

Staff report Note: This 10 a.m. Saturday update from Catawba College comes from Tonia Black-Gold, communications director. As the remnants of what was Hurricane Florence ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 15, 2018 11:46 am

Local

Veteran mailman of Hugo weighs in on Florence: ‘I don’t think we’ll have any problem’

SALISBURY — Mailman Jeff Clifton still has a vivid memory of the morning Hurricane Hugo hit Salisbury on Sept. 22, 1989. Rain, whipped by wind ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, September 14, 2018 12:00 am

News

Go with the Flo: In face of hurricane, Jill Foster refuses to be runaway bride

SALISBURY — If anyone has a case for declaring a personal state of emergency, it’s Jill Foster. She needs to be standing at a podium ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury already being looked to as an animal evacuation locale

SALISBURY — For now, Salisbury might seem far away from the path of Hurricane Florence. But that doesn’t mean people on the coast don’t see ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00 pm

Local

Germanfest postponed; Biker Blues & BBQ still a go for Friday-Saturday

SALISBURY — Because of the uncertainty of Hurricane Florence, Rowan Museum has postponed its annual Germanfest, which was scheduled for Saturday at the Old Stone ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:00 pm

Local

‘They were good friends’: Salisburian has a personal connection to Flight 93

SALISBURY — Every anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, is an emotional day for Nancy Fezler. Back then, Fezler was a customer relations executive for United ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 11:16 am

News

Change the end result: T-Man 5K brings a mother’s message about preventing teen suicide

MOORESVILLE — Tristen Hobbs would be 16 now, driving his well-appointed pickup back and forth to Mooresville High School, maybe playing junior varsity football and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:00 am

Business

The Merchant of West End: John McLaughlin devoted his store, heart to Salisbury community

SALISBURY — For more years than he cares to remember — first as a kid stocking shelves and sweeping floors, then for decades as the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Old Stone House and the difference 100 years can make

  Rowan Museum Inc., owners of the Old Stone House in Granite Quarry, provided these contrasting photos of the 1766 property. Above is a Theo ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:00 am

News

Bill Stanback Greenway stands as ‘wonderfully appropriate’ gesture for remarkable man

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Why wouldn’t you name a popular section of greenway between Overton Elementary School and Prescott Drive for the late ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 8, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry holds emergency meeting, authorizes repairs for sinkhole in Timber Run

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — At the surface, the hole doesn’t look that significant. Some town officials described it as the size of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 8, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Faith Road land meant for sports fields may go back on market

GRANITE QUARRY — Back in 2016, the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen paid $20,000 for 10.1 acres off Faith Road in hopes some of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry’s new math: One animal unit equals five chickens

GRANITE QUARRY — In the recent past, town employees have often seen residents walk into Town Hall and ask, “Can I keep chickens?” Granite Quarry ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Karen Hobson resigns as Historic Salisbury Foundation executive director

SALISBURY — After two-and-a-half years on the job, Karen L. Hobson has resigned as executive director of Historic Salisbury Foundation. She turned in her resignation ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Local Republicans visit with Sen. John McCain in 2002

With the recent passing of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, Terry Osborne, general manager of of the Rowan-Kannapolis ABC Board, rummaged through some of his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00 am

Local

A trailer for Taylor: Officers’ retirement celebration becomes something more

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — From all appearances, it was a retirement ceremony for three veterans of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office — Lt. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 1, 2018 12:00 am

News

September issue of Salisbury the Magazine is now available

SALISBURY — The September issue of Salisbury the Magazine, a publication of the Salisbury Post, reached subscribers early last week and has been distributed throughout ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 31, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Welcome to Germanton: John Wagoner’s model railroad rolls through village of his boyhood

SALISBURY — From his bedroom window in Germanton, a young John Wagoner could see his Grandpa Sid Holland’s store. In the 1930s and ’40s, the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry kicks off its food drive Saturday

GRANITE QUARRY — The town of Granite Quarry will kick off its food drive Saturday and expects it to run through December. “We will be ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 10:15 am

Faith

Annie Lee Wilkinson records 55 years of perfect Sunday school attendance

KANNAPOLIS — It started back when her youngest son, Neal, didn’t want to stay in Sunday school by himself. To allay his fears, Annie Lee ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: A scene from ‘Foxfire’ in 1991

This photograph from the Salisbury Post archives shows a Piedmont Players scene between Francis Cook, left, and Lou Murphy, who were starring in the December ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00 am

News

Look for Salisbury native on ‘America Says’ game show next Wednesday

SALISBURY — When O’Bryan Neely was born on March 16 more than 33 years ago, it was close enough to St. Patrick’s Day that he ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 24, 2018 12:00 am

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