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Leaving United Way after 34 years, Bob Lippard says, ‘You never feel like you’ve paid everything back’

SALISBURY — The image always stayed with Bob Lippard. Back when he was a Little League baseball player, Lippard remembers his coach, Gordon Hurley, taking his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:00 am

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VA considering a donation that would expand Salisbury National Cemetery Annex by roughly 35 acres

SALISBURY — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is considering a donation of about 35 acres, allowing for the future expansion of the Salisbury National Cemetery Annex. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:00 am

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Yesterday: In 1981, a lonely walk under Shober Bridge

This Salisbury Post file photo, published on June 3, 1981, shows a woman making a lonely walk on the tracks below Shober Bridge, which still ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, March 26, 2018 12:00 am

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Flagship gesture: How a Rowan County family’s World War II artifact found its way to Pearl Harbor

SALISBURY — You can find Dianne Hall dishing out coffee and doughnuts every Tuesday morning with other members of the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, March 25, 2018 12:05 am

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Trip to Haiti feeds Banks Kluttz’s body, mind and soul

SALISBURY — If you’ve run into Banks Kluttz over the past several days, you know he’s excited about one thing — Haiti. Kluttz has just returned ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:00 am

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Why not a state hall of fame for military veterans?

SALISBURY — You may not have heard of David Broadie, but you should have. Over the past year or so, he has been traveling across ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:00 am

Education

Yesterday: Catawba College Band in 1959

This is a photograph of the Catawba College Band in 1959. Joe Williams of Faith who provided this picture to the Post, was a drummer ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, March 19, 2018 12:00 am

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Resilient nurses Clement, Harrison retire after 38 years of meeting emergencies head on

SALISBURY — Imagine what nurses Heather Clement and Rhonda Harrison have seen in almost four decades of working in a hospital emergency room. The lives ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, March 18, 2018 12:00 am

Education

Pie in your face! North Hills Christian students celebrate their mission to Feed the Hunger

SALISBURY — It was Raegan Lowder’s 15th birthday Friday, and she lived out every teenage daughter’s dream: She threw a pie in her mom’s face. And ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, March 17, 2018 12:00 am

Entertainment

Playing the green card: Sharkey’s music blends Irish and American folk influences

SALISBURY — It’s difficult to put an exact label on singer-songwriter Jim Sharkey. He’s definitely Irish, though he was born in the United States. You ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00 am

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Photo exhibit tries to show reality of Palestine, while offering hope through younger eyes

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The images reflect desperation and hope. They offer commentary, symbolism and dreams of life without walls. They depict refugee ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, March 12, 2018 12:10 am

Granite Quarry

Yesterday: Granite Quarry High band scores big in Greensboro

Joe Williams of Faith provided this 1956 photo of Granite Quarry High School band director Lou Bean hoisted on the shoulders of students Jason Parks, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00 am

Business

Mean Mug has become the community hub Medina always envisioned

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  What happens when you close the 1000 block of South Fulton Street to celebrate the third business anniversary of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, March 11, 2018 12:00 am

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‘If you can’t eat them; treat them’: Girl Scouts honor veterans with free boxes of cookies

SALISBURY — Joseph Gonsalves, marking his 75th birthday Friday, said it was his best moment all day. Heading home after he had received treatment at the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 am

Entertainment

‘Good things never die’: Knight Drive-in has successful first night at fairgrounds

SALISBURY — A good-sized crowd turned out Friday night for the debut of the Knight Drive-in Theater at the Rowan County Fairgrounds, and it was ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Facing strong opposition, Granite Quarry board rejects rezoning for leaf-and-limb site

GRANITE QUARRY — Town officials described it as a potential site for a “leaf and limb storage facility.” Residents of the White Rock and Dunn’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry goes over potential ‘Project Wheel’ incentives

GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen on Monday night reviewed the incentives it would be asked to give should an $11 million company ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Longtime barber Norton ‘one of the coolest grandpas you can have’

SALISBURY — It’s impossible to say how many haircuts he gave, how many faces he shaved and how many conversations he participated in from behind ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: When Sears was on North Main Street

You could call this a ‘Yesterday Classic,’ because this photograph ran previously as a ‘Yesterday’ some 20 years ago, but it’s worth a repeat. The ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, March 5, 2018 12:00 am

Local

’29’ — World War I soldier Carl Bradshaw had an inescapable connection to that number

SALISBURY —  As needed, Dr. Norman Sloop tends to the Bradshaw gravesite at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Not far from the mountainous monument to E.B.C. Hambley, the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, March 4, 2018 12:10 am

Spirit of Rowan

Spirit of Rowan: Granite Quarry has plenty on its plate

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com At a two-day retreat recently, the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen held a session called “town project updates” — and there were ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:00 am

Local

March issue of Salisbury the Magazine is now available

SALISBURY — The March 2018 issue of Salisbury the Magazine, a publication of the Salisbury Post, will be distributed throughout Rowan County this week. The magazine reached ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:00 am

Local

James E. Taylor wins gold medal in VA hospital’s Creative Arts Festival

Staff report SALISBURY — James E. Taylor, a Salisbury artist, was awarded the gold medal for oil painting at the 2018 Creative Arts Festival held ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:00 am

Spirit of Rowan

Spirit of Rowan: Bell Tower Green will have big impact on downtown

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com When Jason Walser takes the Bell Tower Green show on the road, so to speak, he often starts out with an ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: In 1974, Enochville residents urge repeal of town charter

In this Salisbury Post file photo from May 5, 1974, residents of Enochville hold a parade of sorts to urge for repeal of the town’s charter. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, February 26, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Cross, Peterson, Summers receive Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Humanitarian Awards

Staff report SALISBURY — The Salisbury Human Relations Council held its annual Elizabeth Duncan Koontz awards banquet Thursday night at the Civic Center. The 2018 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:00 am

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It’s a girl for Heather Resino, who was born 25 years ago through in vitro fertilization

SPENCER — Welcome, Kayleigh. Kayleigh Anne Resino, the daughter of Heather and John Resino, was born at 10:36 a.m. Wednesday. You might remember that Heather ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Wallace-Hall House: Home of pioneer educator ready for rebirth at 912 W. Monroe St.

By Reginald W. Brown For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — A modest one-and-a-half-story bungalow, the Wallace-Hall House at 912 W. Monroe St. is the third ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:00 am

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