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A bench for Peewee: Dixonville-Lincoln Task Force honors a lost leader

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s just a bench, you might say, but it seems so perfectly positioned under the biggest tree in Dixonville ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, May 6, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Historic Salisbury Foundation posts winners of 2017 Preservation Awards

Historic Salisbury Foundation SALISBURY — Hundreds of hours are spent each year, along with blood, sweat and tears, as owners, volunteers and contractors rehabilitate the historic ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, May 4, 2017 12:00 am

Cleveland

Trucks Against Cancer Parade kicks off Relay for Life event Saturday

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  A parade of 20 big trucks and accompanying motorcyclists will crisscross Rowan County on Saturday morning and serve as ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry takes building moratorium off table for central business district

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen is going to take a chance. Aldermen decided Monday night to shelve the idea — ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: In 1938, local houndsmen dish out some rewards

This photograph from the Salisbury Post files is dated Oct. 9, 1938. A caption pasted on its back says the following: ‘Foxes find the going rough when the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 1, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Imperial Brown names Bert vice president of marketing

SALISBURY — Steve Bert of Houston, Texas, has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Imperial Brown, one of the leading manufacturers of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 30, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Salisbury’s Lewis Young will join sports medicine staff for San Diego Chargers

Former Salisbury High School tennis player Lewis Young will be joining the sports medicine staff of the San Diego Chargers for the 2017-18 football season. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 30, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Dixonville Cemetery bench to be dedicated to Floyd Kerr May 5

A bench along the path to Lincoln School will be dedicated May 5 to the late Floyd A. Kerr III. The dedication ceremony will be ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, April 27, 2017 12:00 am

Local

The real Deals: Brothers Lee and Jim Deal know about good genes, good living

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — It’s always a pleasure to see Jim Deal, and I run into him a lot. I talked with him ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:00 am

Local

A couple used to giving feel blessed to be receiving the community’s help

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — Mike Sifford complained of dizziness the morning of Nov. 17, but he headed for his job at Universal Forest ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: In 1969, Rowan County Receiving Home provided a safe harbor for children

In this photograph published in the Salisbury Post Nov. 9, 1969, Eloise Pethel, left, walks with two children on the grounds of the Rowan County ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Veterans Appreciation Day lunch Tuesday in Rockwell

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home will be host for a Veterans Appreciation Day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday at 913 W. Main St. Military veterans are welcome ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00 am

Local

A peaceful farewell: The happiness of the Gilley family could not be disguised

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An hour into the memorial service Friday afternoon for the Gilley family, Matthew Bready stopped his remarks and the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, April 22, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Treme will serve as Mooresville town manager through 2018

Staff report MOORESVILLE — David Treme, former city manager of Salisbury, will serve as town manager for Mooresville through December 2018. Treme had been Mooresville’s interim town ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, April 20, 2017 12:00 am

Education

East Spencer charter school clears big step toward 2018 opening date

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com The N.C. Charter Schools Advisory Board unanimously approved last week the application for the Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School, clearing ... Read more

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

Granite Quarry

Police, firefighters respond to Granite Quarry wreck Sunday night

GRANITE QUARRY — Emergency personnel responded Sunday night to a two-vehicle accident in Granite Quarry at the intersection of North Main and East Bank streets. Authorities reported ... Read more

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

Local

Yesterday: The Endicott Johnson fire of 1980

This photo from the Salisbury Post files shows  firemen battling the smoke and flames coming from the Endicott Johnson shoe store at 123 S. Main St. ... Read more

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

Local

Patterson Farm offers a laid-back way to enjoy Easter, spring

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com. MOUNT ULLA — The phrase “chaos free” represented the operative words Saturday for a day of spring — and Easter — activities ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Friends, classmates of family lost in accident try to process the tragedy

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Slowly, morsels of information about the Gilley family are filtering in amidst the shock, but they come now as ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:05 am

Local

Powles Staton Funeral Home host for Veterans Appreciation Day April 25

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home will be host for another Veterans Appreciation Day from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 25, a Tuesday, at 913 W. Main ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:00 am

Local

St. Paul’s Lutheran host for Cruise ‘n Barbecue April 29

SALISBURY — St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s seventh annual Cruise ‘n Barbecue, featuring Port-a-Pit Chicken, classic cars, street rods and motorcycles, will be held April 29. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:00 am

BREAKING NEWS

Private vigil planned Monday evening at Salisbury Academy for family killed in crash

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A candlelight vigil planned at Salisbury Academy Monday night for the Rowan County family of four killed Thursday in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, April 15, 2017 10:18 am

Local

Rowan County family of four killed in fiery I-77 crash in West Virginia

By Elizabeth Cook and Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Four members of a Rowan County family died Thursday after an out-of-control tractor-trailer crossed the median ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, April 15, 2017 12:00 am

Local

On the fence: Preservation Commission not wild about St. Luke’s proposed ‘corral’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For now, members of the Salisbury Historic Preservation Commission are saying don’t fence them in. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, April 15, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Bank building approved for demolition, paving way for ‘town commons’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 1973 bank building at 215 W. Innes St. will come down, possibly as early as this summer, shepherding ... Read more

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

Local

The lady in gray: KMD breathes new life, new purpose into Washington Building

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Washington Building’s granite facade makes it an imposing building right off the bat. But the space inside might be even ... Read more

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

Local

Jesse’s Ride and Run for PTSD is set for May 6

FAITH — The second annual Jesse’s Ride and Run for PTSD awareness will be May 6 at Faith American Legion Park, 115 Gantt St. The ride ... Read more

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

News

It was an ‘Old Hickory’ kind of night for Historic Salisbury Foundation

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Everything seemed to come up Andrew Jackson on Wednesday. Yes, that Andrew Jackson — “Old Hickory,” if you will. ... Read more

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

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