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Winter issue of the Salisbury the Magazine is available

SALISBURY— The winter issue of Salisbury the Magazine has reached subscribers, and the cover story features Sloan and Samantha Williams, sisters in Cleveland who train ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 30, 2016 12:00 am

BREAKING NEWS

Susan Kluttz’s stint as Natural and Cultural Resources secretary coming to an end

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — Susan Kluttz’s four-year stint as secretary for the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is almost over. Kluttz ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, December 29, 2016 3:26 pm

Local

Hall Steele: a man for all seasons

SALISBURY — This is not fair — and probably not even accurate — but whenever I looked at Hall Steele through the years, I thought ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, December 28, 2016 12:00 am

Crime

The Salisbury Post’s Top 10 news stories of 2016

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A’yanna and Erica were their names. Two little girls. Two innocent victims of tragedies that should never happen, things ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 26, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Bell Tower: Salisbury landmark poised to ring in new year, new chapter

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 25, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Salisbury Community Foundation awards $208,500 in grants to 37 nonprofits

SALISBURY — The Salisbury Community Foundation recently distributed grants totaling $208,500 to local nonprofits. The grants were made possible in part by a partnership with ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 23, 2016 12:00 am

Business

Blackout hits parts of Salisbury for second evening in a row

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Power on. Power off. For a second consecutive day, a couple thousand Duke Energy customers were without power in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 4:49 pm

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry adopts resolution aimed at cooperating with other towns, county

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Board of Aldermen passed a formal resolution Monday for a “Declaration of Interdependence,” a cooperative concept being ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Wide areas of Salisbury plunged into darkness Monday night

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Numerous sections of Salisbury, including a main commercial area on East Innes Street, spent a good chunk of Monday ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 19, 2016 8:02 pm

Local

Yesterday: Cannon Mills’ No. 7 Spinning Room employees in 1928

Back on Nov. 21, the Post ran a photograph of people who worked in the No. 7 Weave Room at Cannon Mills Co. on Nov. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 19, 2016 12:00 am

Business

UAW-Ford distributes ‘Boxes of Love’ to needy families, many connected to Freightliner layoffs

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sierra Watkins’ layoff from the Freightliner plant in Cleveland came in January. Tanunika Imes heard the same news in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, December 17, 2016 12:10 am

Local

A devoted Ford man hits the road for Meals on Wheels

SALISBURY — J.C. Ritchie never drives anything other than a Ford — the reason will become obvious later — and he bases his model selections on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 16, 2016 12:11 am

Granite Quarry

Beehive-styled bake oven ready for firing at Old Stone House Christmas

By Aaron Kepley For the Salisbury Post GRANITE QUARRY — The sounds of children playing, adults chatting and music surround the stone house of Michael Braun, early ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 16, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: An aerial view of N.C. Finishing Co.

This photograph has run as a ‘Yesterday” contribution in the past, but it’s good to remember. The Rev. Gary Hauze, president of the Yadkin Historical Museum ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 12, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Historic Salisbury Foundation receives 1900 house from Emersons

SALISBURY — Historic Salisbury Foundation announced Friday the donation of the C.L. Emerson House at 1008 North Main St. from James Isaiah “Ike” Emerson and his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, December 10, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Emerson family donates North Main house to Historic Salisbury Foundation

SALISBURY — Historic Salisbury Foundation announced Friday the donation of the C.L. Emerson House at 1008 North Main St. from James Isaiah “Ike” Emerson and his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 9, 2016 3:25 pm

Clubs

Salisbury Symphony Guild, city celebrate ‘Mary Messinger Day’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Before Thursday’s Salisbury Symphony Guild lunch, which was held at Trinity Oaks to honor her, Mary Messinger sat in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 9, 2016 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Edds makes his pitch for community collaboration to Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Greg Edds, chairman of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners, continued what you could call his “Declaration of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Pearl Harbor, the day after

David Harrison of Salisbury has a collection of old newspapers, including a Dec. 8, 1941, edition of the Salisbury Evening Post that gave the sobering ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 5, 2016 12:00 am

BREAKING NEWS

Man dies after being shot in restaurant’s parking lot

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police are investigating a shooting early Sunday morning that led to the death of 22-year-old Sharod R. Mathis of Spencer. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:04 pm

BREAKING NEWS

7-year-old girl shot and killed on Harrel Street in Salisbury

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police continue to investigate the shooting death Sunday of a 7-year-old girl, who apparently was sleeping at her grandmother’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 11:56 am

Crime

Two Salisbury men arrested in connection with shooting death in Enochville

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ENOCHVILLE — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Salisbury men early Sunday in connection with the shooting death of a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 11:39 am

Cleveland

‘You miss out’ if you don’t attend the Cleveland Christmas Parade

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — It’s a given. On the first Saturday of December, Mike and Darcy Ward are going to be watching the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Week in review: Test your nose for local news

1. Powles Staton Funeral Home in Rockwell collects toys throughout the year that are donated to military families for Christmas — specifically, the N.C. National ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Conquering hate: Several hundred participate in Salisbury’s ‘March for Love’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — You’ve heard about hate groups, so maybe this was a love group. Setting out to the old Bill Withers song ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:01 am

Crime

Following six-month investigation, two Salisburians arrested on heroin charges

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports that a six-month undercover investigation has led to the arrest of two Salisbury residents, who now face ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Details in place for Saturday’s March for Love

SALISBURY — More than a dozen children and adults gathered at the 10Thread community workspace on South Fulton Street Wednesday evening to make signs for Saturday’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 2, 2016 12:05 am

BREAKING NEWS

Cheerwine buys Sun Drop Bottling franchise rights

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two locally iconic soft drinks — Cheerwine and Sun Drop — are coming under the same umbrella. Piedmont Cheerwine ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, December 1, 2016 1:48 pm

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