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Elections

Arin Wilhelm emphasizes economic development, downtown improvements, recreation in re-election bid

GRANITE QUARRY — Arin Wilhelm, first elected to the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen in 2013, says he’s seeking another four-year term to continue the town’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:00 am

Elections

Wes Rhinier says Granite Quarry must be ‘prosperous for business again’

GRANITE QUARRY —  Wes Rhinier, a candidate for the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen, says key issues concerning him are taxation, annexation and the town’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:00 am

Local

October issue of Salisbury the Magazine is now available

The October issue of Salisbury the Magazine has reached subscribers, and it features stories and pictures on a couple of sites on this year’s OctoberTour, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:00 am

Gold Hill

A homecoming in Gold Hill: Service, burial held for airman lost 73 years ago

GOLD HILL —  There was an open casket Sunday for Capt. Lamar Shafer Russell, even though he died more than 73 years ago. But it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 25, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: A new Holiday Inn in Salisbury opens June 20, 1988

Here is an aerial photograph taken of Salisbury’s Holiday Inn close to the day of its opening on June 20, 1988, along Jake Alexander Boulevard. At ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 25, 2017 12:00 am

Local

YSUP! Rowan receives $625,000 Drug-Free Communities grant

Staff report SALISBURY — The newly formed YSUP! Rowan, which stands for Youth Substance Use Prevention Rowan, received word Wednesday that it has received a $625,000 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 3:50 pm

Local

Artful correspondence: During wartime, a sailor sent colorful letters to a girl back home

ROCKWELL — Julia “Judy” Daniel Corriher died in 2013 when she was 89, and the duty of sorting through her Salisbury home on Holmes Street — ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Party line: When telephone company retirees get together, it’s like family

SALISBURY — When Hurricane Hazel hit North Carolina in 1954, a lot of telephone repairmen from Salisbury and other areas of the state converged on Raleigh, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury artist’s oil painting wins top prize in national VA competition

Staff report SALISBURY — James E. Taylor, a Salisbury oil painter, has won a 2017 Gold Medal in the nationwide Veterans Administration Creative Competition Festival. Taylor plans ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Production begins Jan. 3, 1983, at the Philip Morris cigarette plant in Concord

In this photograph from Jan. 3, 1983,  General Manager Newton Fowler holds newly made cigarettes and explains how the module he’s standing next to can ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 18, 2017 12:00 am

Gold Hill

A World War II airman is found: Capt. Russell is coming home

GOLD HILL — The world seemed to stop for a moment when Jim Bell reached into his briefcase and pulled out the bent but still legible ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 17, 2017 12:00 am

Cleveland

Legion Riders will hold their Wreaths Across America Poker Run Saturday

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — The Legion Riders of Kennedy-Hall American Legion Post 106 will conduct their Wreaths Across America Poker Run this coming Saturday. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 17, 2017 12:00 am

Health

Armed to the teeth: professionals, volunteers make free dental clinic work.

SALISBURY — As Woody Page of Albemarle sat up from the dentist’s chair Friday, he could only mumble. The upper part of his mouth was filled with gauze because ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 16, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Buerbaum incarnate: Holshouser will play part of noted Salisburian at Saturday’s Germanfest

SALISBURY — It’s good to see Theo Buerbaum again. It’s been a long time. This coming Saturday, John Holshouser — the retired judge, attorney and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:00 am

Local

At 85th anniversary, Troop 448 dedicates activity area to John Rink

SALISBURY — Boy Scouts Troop 448 formally dedicated its outside activity area along Chestnut Street in honor of John Rink on Saturday evening. Rink has ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 12, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Hugo hits Rowan County Sept. 22, 1989

This photograph shows a vehicle trying to maneuver past a broken tree and precarious power lines on the Friday morning that Hurricane Hugo ripped through ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 11, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Class of 1967 honors their kingpin — Sharon Whittington

SALISBURY — Sharon Wagoner Whittington is just one of those people. She’s the friend with the smile and the laugh. She’s the person worried about you, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 11, 2017 12:00 am

Health

New smiles, grateful hugs await dentists this week at MOM clinic in Salisbury

SALISBURY — Dr. Brandon Aron, a Salisbury dentist, will be working his third Missions of Mercy dental clinic this coming Friday and Saturday, and for ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 10, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Week in review: Test your nose for local news

1. As part of its 100th anniversary celebration this year, Cheerwine has announced it will match donations to the Rowan United Way campaign dollar-for-dollar up ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 10, 2017 12:00 am

Health

Novant Health Rowan nurse, wife, help hurricane victims in Houston

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For two weeks, that other hurricane — the one named Harvey — consumed the lives of Tim and Donna ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 10, 2017 12:00 am

Local

‘I love you, and you can’t do anything about it’: Community dedicates bench, greenway for William Peoples

Maybe no one was ever more appropriately named than William C. Peoples Jr. When you get down to it, he was a man of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 9, 2017 12:10 am

China Grove

Strings of Victory will debut new CD at Price of Freedom event Saturday

CHINA GROVE — Strings of Victory, a bluegrass gospel group, will release its fourth CD, “Angels Are Awaiting,” on Saturday at the Price of Freedom Museum’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 7, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry improves its website, starts work on street resurfacing

GRANITE QUARRY — The town of Granite Quarry has gone live with its new website, and Town Manager Phil Conrad describes it as a significant ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:00 am

Faith

Yesterday: The boys of summer in Faith during the early 1940s

Buddy Barger provided this photograph showing the guys who played for the town of Faith’s baseball team in the early 1940s, prior to World War ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 4, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: First football team at Granite Quarry High School

Buddy Barger provided this 1951 photograph depicting the first football team at Granite Quarry High School. That’s Barger in the middle at quarterback ready to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 28, 2017 12:00 am

East Spencer

Ma-Maw’s Basement: Betty Culp welcomes you to a picker’s paradise

EAST SPENCER — Visit Betty Culp and you meet a vibrant 94-year-old woman who has loved life, is proud of her big family and still ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 25, 2017 12:00 am

News

Totality in Greenville

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Months ago, I overheard my wife and our good friend, Nan Martin, talking about a solar eclipse Aug. 21 as being the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 12:00 am

Health

After meeting, tour, Congressman Richard Hudson feels better about Salisbury VA Medical Center

SALISBURY — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., left the Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury on Thursday encouraged that the hospital is addressing shortcomings cited in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 18, 2017 12:00 am

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