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Yesterday: When the downtown cruising law went into effect

Believe it or not, it has been 30 years since cruising was a major downtown issue, and this photograph from the Salisbury Post files shows ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 17, 2017 12:00 am

Faith

The ballad of Bonnie and Floyd: He couldn’t resist the girl from ‘in town’

SALISBURY — A breeze carried the crystal-clear notes from the direction of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. They floated across the pond and into the sunroom ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 14, 2017 12:00 am

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July 12, 1967: When a reluctant Salisburian collided with history

SALISBURY — The Newark, New Jersey, riots of 1967 were among the deadliest in U.S. history, and a man from Salisbury happened to be the unlikely, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:00 am

Faith

Hitting the high notes: Lindsay Hess recalls a career full of stunt flying — and singing

FAITH — It's difficult for Lindsay Hess to say how long it has been since he flew an airplane solo. At 85, he wouldn't trust ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 10, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: A 1953 photo of Salisbury Hardware and Furniture Co.

Melissa Eller provided this photograph to the Salisbury Post because William Vance Eller is pictured with other employees and principals of the Salisbury Hardware and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 10, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry board rejects four-year term for mayors

  GRANITE QUARRY — Let it ride. The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen voted 4-0 Thursday night to keep mayoral elections at every two years, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 7, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Downtown commons still in planning stage; bank building will come down this summer

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In four to six weeks, D.H. Griffin Cos. of Greensboro should be tearing down the former bank building at West ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 6, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: When W.W. Hahn’s plane was ‘shot down’ in 1950

Delores Hahn Heyd of Tega Cay, S.C., provided this copy of a Salisbury Post photograph from Feb. 20, 1950. The man in the photo is her ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 3, 2017 12:00 am

Health

Double feature: The Cauble sisters lead with their hearts

SALISBURY — The Cauble twins — Brenda and Linda — claim they are fraternal twins, but they sure seem identical. Could sisters be any closer? They go ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 2, 2017 12:00 am

Health

Incredible timing: Day after CPR training, man brings swimmer back to life

SALISBURY— A co-worker talked Brad Jackson into it, and she penciled their names onto the sign-up sheet attached to the refrigerator in the office break ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry board approves a $2.3 million budget for 2017-18

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — After removing an expensive sidewalk construction project, which would have been mostly federally funded, the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Golf carts take a ride to ‘Music at the Mural’

SALISBURY — In the end, only four golf carts participated in the first-ever caravan to the Music at the Mural concert Saturday evening, but the participants ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:02 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry board steps away from sidewalk project called ‘the worst type of government boondoggle imaginable’

  GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen has backed out of a $490,000 sidewalk construction project, which would have been funded mostly ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

‘Mayor Ponds Street’ in Granite Quarry honors Mary S. Ponds, first woman and first African-American mayor

  GRANITE QUARRY — Would something such as this have happened in Granite Quarry 20, 30 or 40 years ago? A humbled and overwhelmed Mary ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury doctor places in top 50 of ‘American Ninja Warrior” regional show Monday night

SALISBURY — He won’t be going to Las Vegas for the championship round this year, but Dr. Elliott Love hasn’t given up his dream of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, June 27, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury doctor might be on ‘American Ninja Warrior’ tonight

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Dr. Elliott Love and his family will be glued to tonight’s episode of “American Ninja Warrior” on NBC, because one ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 26, 2017 3:32 pm

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry budget hearing set for 5 p.m. Tuesday

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing on the town’s proposed 2017-18 budget at ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 26, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Around the roundtable with the Class of 1928

Clyde, of Salisbury, provided this nicely done presentation of the Spencer High Class of 1928. Though the print is too small to read in the newspaper, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 26, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Golf cart parade heading for Music at the Mural concert Saturday night

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury might seem like a beach community Saturday evening when a caravan of golf carts is expected to receive a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 21, 2017 12:00 am

Gold Hill

In Gold Hill, tall tales abound, but in the end, they pay off

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GOLD HILL — When they called it the “Tall Tale Tellers Festival,” they weren’t kidding. If you wanted to hear about scary ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 19, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: The ‘Spencerian’ newspaper staff in 1926

The Spencer High School newspaper in 1926 was called the ‘Spencerian’ and above is a photograph of the newspaper’s staff. Clyde, of Salisbury, furnished this ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 19, 2017 12:00 am

Local

The peacemaker: 50 years ago, a father faced his biggest test of all

SALISBURY — June Robinson sped off on foot toward Fisher and Lee streets in hopes of catching Edward Tracey Sr. as he was coming home from ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 18, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Juneteenth proves to be day of history, conversation

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — First of all, Edward “G.G.” Burton can’t be 87, can he? Burton still looks as though he could play ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 18, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Fire guts home off Owl Drive; lightning could be cause

SALISBURY — The Franklin and Ellis Cross Country fire departments fought a Friday night fire that heavily damaged a double-wide mobile home in the 200 block ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 18, 2017 12:00 am

Crime

Suspected drunken driver faces additional charge in Whitaker accident

Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury Police have issued an additional charge — aggravated serious injury by vehicle — against the driver accused of causing the accident ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 17, 2017 4:36 pm

Local

Eldridge heads toward retirement with love, honors, respect in tow

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — And they said it wouldn’t last. The story goes like this: When Rufty-Holmes Senior Center opened 30 years ago ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, June 16, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Families First has new digs, same important mission

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After two months or so of settling in, staff and board members of Families First N.C. Inc. held an open ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 12:01 am

Local

Before he leaves, Patton’s grandson receives signed painting from the ‘Tank Kids’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Members of the 737th Tank Battalion and their families would not allow Pat Waters to leave this past weekend without a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 12:00 am

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