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Local

Yesterday: Kids at Faith School present an operetta in 1938

Verne McCombs furnished this 1938 newspaper clipping from the Salisbury Evening Post showing the primary grade students from Faith School who presented a spring operetta titled ‘The ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, October 16, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Rowan IDEA Center announces plans for entrepreneurship, small business labs

Special to the Post SALISBURY — A unique partnership among government, academia and private sector leaders in Rowan County to build an innovation center to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, October 16, 2017 12:00 am

Local

E.B.C. Hambley’s story of money, mining, power led to a grand Salisbury residence

SALISBURY — As she described the stained-glass window that dominates the stairway of the Hambley-Wallace mansion, Whitney Wallace Williams received a nice nugget of new information from a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, October 14, 2017 12:30 am

Elections

Granite Quarry candidate Doug Shelton wants to be voice for future, not past

GRANITE QUARRY — Doug Shelton, chairman of Granite Quarry’s Revitalization Committee and now a candidate for the Board of Aldermen, says he wants to help ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:00 am

Local

HSF receives copy of architectural rendering of Hambley-Wallace mansion; OctoberTour preparations in full swing

  SALISBURY — The family of E.B.C. Hambley, the entrepreneur who built the Chateauesque-style mansion at 508 S. Fulton St., has provided Historic Salisbury Foundation with ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Mark Wineka: Coyotes and vultures can be ‘real pains in the butt’

SALISBURY — Coleman Emerson called me over after a recent civic club meeting and pulled from his pocket a small article he had clipped from the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Freightliner produces 15,000th truck for Old Dominion, ushers in new Cascadia model

CLEVELAND — Daimler Trucks North America celebrated a milestone Monday by producing a 15,000th Freightliner truck for longstanding customer Old Dominion Freight Line of Thomasville. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:05 am

Business

Yesterday: In 1978, first Cannon Mills plant is empty, ready to be torn down

In this photograph published in the Salisbury Post Sept. 12, 1978, Spinning Supervisor Leonard Kiser stands in an empty portion of Cannon Mills’ Plant No. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, October 9, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Musicians will compete in 51st Granite Quarry Civitan Fiddlers Convention Saturday

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Bluegrass musicians from near and far will crowd into the East Rowan High School auditorium this coming Saturday ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, October 8, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Daimler Trucks’ Cleveland plant gives $100,000 contribution to Rowan United Way

CLEVELAND — The Freightliner plant in Cleveland, part of Daimler Trucks North America, presented Rowan County United Way with a $100,000 contribution Friday. The gift, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:00 am

Elections

Kim Cress touts past experience as town employee in his run for Granite Quarry board

GRANITE QUARRY — Kim Cress, who retired in 2016 after 19 years as the town’s maintenance director, says he would bring a wealth of experience to the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Daimler Truck’s Freightliner plant in Cleveland gives Rowan United Way $100,000 check

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — The Freightliner plant in Cleveland, part of Daimler Trucks North America, presented Rowan United Way with a $100,000 contribution today. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, October 6, 2017 2:29 pm

Entertainment

German actors, musicians arrive, start rehearsing for ‘In God’s Own Country’

SALISBURY — They come from a land known for beer, pretzels and umlauts, and we give them a hearty welcome, or “Willkommen!” But for the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, October 6, 2017 12:01 am

Local

Historian will tell story of E.B.C. Hambley at OctoberTour luncheon

SALISBURY — Local historian Susan Sides will speak on the life and death of E.B.C. Hambley at the annual OctoberTour luncheon Oct. 13 at Salisbury ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, October 6, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Historic Salisbury Foundation makes ‘last-minute rescue’ of West Thomas Street house

The Historic Salisbury Foundation has acquired the McCanless-Busby-Thompson House at 128 W. Thomas St. After a demolition hearing for the house was scheduled for Sept. 28, the foundation reached ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Fundraiser will be held Saturday for couple trying to adopt boy from Eastern Europe

SALISBURY — By early next year, Stephanie and Jon Lippard hope they have made all the trips, paid the considerable expenses and completed the paperwork necessary ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Health

Laughter Yoga: It really is funny

SALISBURY — Joan Palmer directed the people in the semicircle with her to raise their arms and breathe in deeply. Then on the release down ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 12:27 am

Local

Veterans Appreciation Breakfast Oct. 12 in Rockwell

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home will host a Veterans Appreciation Breakfast at 9 a.m. Oct. 12. The funeral home is at 913 W. Main ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry aldermen fill several vacancies on Planning Board

GRANITE QUARRY — The Board of Aldermen moved Monday to fill several vacancies on the Granite Quarry Planning Board, approving the appointments of four people and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry urged to create a new comprehensive plan

GRANITE QUARRY — Town Planner Steve Blount urged the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen on Monday night to write a new comprehensive plan. The current document, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, October 3, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Respect Life gathering at Square sends up prayers for women, the unborn

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Len Kobylus describes it as a Good News story, and it is. His daughter was in high school and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, October 2, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Men from Rowan County played for Naval Training Station in 1942

Carlos Euart, who lives in Faith, shared this photograph showing members of the aviation ordnance football team, which had won the Saturday football league championship ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, October 2, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Flour power: Linda Kepley’s dumplings will star Saturday at roller mill’s ‘Chicken and Pickin’

ROCKWELL — Linda Kepley has a no-nonsense demeanor in the kitchen. When you introduce yourself and ask how she’s doing, she replies, “Mean as ever.” ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Newbies, welcome: RSS has block party for new employees

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Angela Inman is a new third-grade teacher at Isenberg Elementary. “It’s going great, and I’m loving it,” she reported ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:05 am

Crime

Salisbury Police nab man suspected of stealing cash registers from Thelma’s downtown

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police have arrested a man for stealing two Casino cash registers, two debit cards and $300 in cash ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 30, 2017 1:15 pm

Education

McLaughlin, Carroll to be honored at West End Classic Saturday night

By Kimberly Harrington Livingstone College News Service SALISBURY — When John McLaughlin learned he was being honored Saturday, his first reaction was, “For what?” He’s a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, September 29, 2017 12:00 am

Elections

Brinkley says landing a grocery store remains priority in Granite Quarry

GRANITE QUARRY — Mike Brinkley, who is running for re-election to the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen, says a main issue for residents continues to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 28, 2017 12:00 am

Elections

Linker, former mayor, says he could ‘hit the ground running’ on GQ board

GRANITE QUARRY — In his bid for a seat on the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen, former Mayor John Linker expresses concerns about employee turnover, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 28, 2017 12:00 am

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