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SALISBURY — When Rachel Graham married Tyson Terry Jr. in 1940, the newspaper account noted the bride wore a gold broach that had belonged to her great-great-grandmother. It was a sentimental piece, ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SPENCER — Hold onto your reindeer and set down that glass of eggnog — Santa Claus is a woman. Since after Thanksgiving, in a tiny ...
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by Mark Wineka, Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:00 am
Health
SALISBURY — Think of it as a christening of sorts. The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce held one of its “Business After Hours” on Monday night ...
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by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 12:00 am
Local
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisbury post.com ROCKWELL — What’s a Bengal tiger want for Christmas? Presents, of course, and it took 9-year-old Miracle about 30 seconds ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 11, 2017 12:10 am
Local
A lengthy line formed outside the newly renovated headquarters of the Salisbury Post on Sept. 17, 1989, a Sunday, as close to 2,000 people visited ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 11, 2017 12:00 am
Landis
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Though some afternoon snow probably affected the overall turnout Saturday, the first annual Landis Beer & Wine Festival did not lack ...
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by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:05 am
Local
SALISBURY — The season’s first bit of snow put N.C. Department of Transportation crews into action Friday, and they probably ended up having more work than expected. ...
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by Mark Wineka, Saturday, December 9, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — It simply summed up two centuries of service. As Capt. Rodney Misenheimer drove the Salisbury Fire Department’s restored 1941 aerial truck to a ceremony ...
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by Mark Wineka, Saturday, December 9, 2017 12:00 am
Local
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On the site of the city’s earliest documented fire station, the Salisbury Fire Department unveiled a historical marker this morning ...
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by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 8, 2017 2:05 pm
Granite Quarry
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The town of Granite Quarry has been offered 9 acres off Faith Road as a gift, but members of ...
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by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — I’ve been wracking my brain to figure out the last time I saw Harold Earnhardt. I still feel the handshake and see the friendly ...
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by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 12:00 am
Granite Quarry
GRANITE QUARRY — Things got off to a rocky start Monday night for a new Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen as members immediately faced a ...
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by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — The stories this firetruck could tell. But maybe the best one goes back to 2007 when Salisbury firefighters passed a hat among themselves and ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 4, 2017 12:10 am
Faith
In this photograph from the Salisbury Post files, N.C. Rep. Eugene McCombs walks toward the Legislative Building in Raleigh in 1993, his first year as ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 4, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — When Stephene Sartin started her dinner break during her Walmart shift early Friday evening, she went directly to the toy department. She bought puzzles, ...
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by Mark Wineka, Saturday, December 2, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — Donald Kesler’s self-published “The Hill of Gold” comes in at fewer than 100 pages, but it still has everything you might be looking for ...
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by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:00 am
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SALISBURY — Within five minutes of meeting Tamara Brendle, you feel as though you’ve made a new friend. “She is like an angel on earth,” ...
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by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 12:00 am
Local
This photograph was published in the May 6, 1974, edition of the Salisbury Evening Post, and it shows the new Salisbury Jaycee officers for the coming year. ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 27, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — For almost a year now, John H. Robinson has driven from Charlotte on Tuesday and Thursday nights to meet with a group of experimental aircraft pilots who have ...
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by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 23, 2017 12:00 am
News
This photograph, taken from North Church Street, appeared in the Salisbury Post Feb. 20, 1993, and it shows heavy equipment reshaping the downtown block containing the ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 20, 2017 12:00 am
Education
SALISBURY — Knollwood Elementary School conducted a drive that collected several hundred clothing items and shoes that were donated to the Salvation Army in Salisbury. The clothing ...
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by Mark Wineka, Friday, November 17, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SPENCER — Heather Resino and Devan Purvis are miracles and always will be. Just ask their parents. Now another miracle is unfolding. Heather is pregnant ...
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by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:00 am
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SALISBURY — Former West Rowan High School football coach Scott Young, who led the Falcons to three state championships during his 17 seasons at the ...
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by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:25 am
Local
SALISBURY — If you’ve ever driven along Jake Alexander Boulevard — and who in Rowan County hasn’t? — you might have noticed Lee Wagoner’s long ...
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by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:05 am
Granite Quarry
GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Planning Board reviewed plans Monday for a 250-home subdivision off Faith Road. In the end, the board approved a preliminary ...
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by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:00 am
Local
Bob McCulley, who now lives in Jacksonville, Fla., sent this photo of Mrs. Hood’s fifth-grade class at Salisbury’s A.T. Allen School, where he attended all ...
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by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 13, 2017 12:00 am
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ROCKWELL — When Geraldine “Gerry” Fitzpatrick makes a promise, she keeps it. About a year ago, Gerry pledged to sew a quilt for every $30 that ...
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by Mark Wineka, Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:10 am
Local
SALISBURY — Stuck in the bowels of the History Room at Rowan Public Library are two books written by the late P.W. “Pat” McCora Jr. But ...
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by Mark Wineka, Saturday, November 11, 2017 12:00 am
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