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Funeral home’s ‘Operation Toy Soldier’ provides thousands of gifts for National Guard families

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL —  Russ Roakes of Powles Staton Funeral Home had the exact number — 5,664 toys — and Diane Coffill said ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, December 1, 2016 12:10 am

Local

‘March for Love’ set for Saturday in Salisbury

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury residents have organized a “March for Love” for Saturday afternoon, part of a statewide response to rumors of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:00 am

Health

‘She’s just Hazel’: South Rowan High custodian takes on leukemia

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Lynette McIntosh says her stepmother, Hazel Hendrix, refuses to ask for help and continues to be more concerned ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Decorators descend on Hall House, getting it ready for another Christmas

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY  — Brian Pfaff spent a good part of Monday afternoon trying to make the strings of white lights go as ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: A look back at Spencer’s downtown park

Talk has surfaced recently about creating a ‘Central Park’ in downtown Salisbury, but the town of Spencer had its own downtown park a long time ago ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 28, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: a Cannon Mills Weave Room in 1928

Mary Sechler provided this photograph of people who worked in a weave room at Cannon Mills Co. on Nov. 1, 1928. Mary’s nephew, Andy Sechler, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 21, 2016 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

“It caught me off guard’: Former firefighter John Cannon faces a new bout against cancer

GRANITE QUARRY — In December 2014, while he was shopping for Christmas at Concord Mills, John Cannon received one of those calls — did he ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, November 20, 2016 12:00 am

Faith

‘It became a part of me’: For 70 years, Gene Caldwell has been center of music at Sandy Ridge

LANDIS — On a pew behind him, Gene Caldwell has spread out copies of the three gospel songs he wants his choir to practice. An ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, November 19, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Carolina Farm Credit awards $5,000 grant to Country Life Museum

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Carolina Farm Credit, which has an office in Salisbury at 2810 Statesville Blvd., has awarded a $5,000 grant to the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, November 19, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Computer savvy: At technology day, older adults keep abreast of latest offerings

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Catawba College students, out to earn extra credit, manned several tables at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center Thursday morning offering information on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, November 18, 2016 12:05 am

Local

Retired officer: Depletion of manpower, equipment compromising U.S. military’s strength

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Retired Brig. Gen. Harold Earnhardt meant to share his insights Monday on the formation, growth and needs of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Holiday issue of Salisbury the Magazine now available

The holiday issue of Salisbury the Magazine, a publication of the Salisbury Post, has a traditions theme, but how could it not when it comes ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury-raised Rizeakos plays in the big leagues of animation

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com The next time you watch an animated movie, take time to pay attention to what’s happening behind the characters — things such ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 14, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: ’49 team christens new stadium at Boyden High

This photograph, provided by Rodney Calloway, might be familiar to many Boyden High School (now Salisbury High) alumni. It shows the 1949 Boyden High football ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 14, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Earnhardt guest speaker Monday at Military Officers Association meeting

SALISBURY — The Central Carolina Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America will meet at noon Monday at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center. Guest speaker will ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, November 12, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Lost and found: World War II soldier’s photos, letters were recovered weeks later in an unusual place

SALISBURY — Jack Kepley wandered into the Salisbury Post newsroom the other day with a war story. It’s a good one. In 1945, an Associated ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, November 11, 2016 12:04 am

Elections

The morning after, thinking about the demographics that divide us

SALISBURY — I first heard it many elections ago from none other than Pat Buchanan, back in those days when he was running for president ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:01 am

Granite Quarry

State: Rowan, other counties have reached ‘attainment’ status in air quality

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Does the air seem cleaner? Town Manager Phil Conrad told the Board of Aldermen Monday that Rowan County ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:01 am

Local

Adams, known as ‘Mr. Yosef’ to many ASU alumni, dies Wednesday, just weeks after retirement

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com Gerald Adams, a Granite Quarry native, died Wednesday morning in his beloved town of Boone, where for the past 25 years ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:00 am

Local

State archaeologists here Saturday to discuss study of East Bank Street lot in connection to Confederate Prison

SALISBURY — Historic Salisbury Foundation has invited state archaeologists to Salisbury Saturday to discuss what they have found in examining at lot at 317 E. Bank ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 10, 2016 12:00 am

Elections

How Rowan voted: Paint the county red, red, red. Trump, Burr, McCrory score big here

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As if there were any doubts, Rowan County proved once again during a presidential election that it is a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, November 9, 2016 12:05 am

Granite Quarry

Zoning compromise will pave the way for SECU branch in Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Call it the November surprise. A zoning compromise approved Monday night by the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Wineka column: In Brockovich, women fighting coal ash ponds find a clone

SALISBURY —  Deborah B. Graham and Amy Brown call themselves the Real, Live Housewives of Coal Ash. They wore T-shirts that said so Monday when ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: College roomies shop in downtown Salisbury

Nancy Graham Corriher submitted this photograph of her mother, the late Pauline E. Graham, and her mother’s college roommate, Blanche Penland, shopping in downtown Salisbury. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 7, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Plans set for 10th edition of Rowan County History Course

SALISBURY — The Rowan Museum and Historic Salisbury Foundation are partners again in presenting their 10th edition of the Rowan County History Course. The 2017 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, November 7, 2016 12:00 am

China Grove

Wineka column: Shaggy always was there for friends in need

CHINA GROVE — Shaggy had a built-in instinct for when people were ailing and needed some companionship. Mary Jones was one of Shaggy’s projects. During ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, November 6, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Take a deep breath, and trust ourselves to be accountable

SALISBURY — It was a morning that started out with people talking about the Cubs winning the World Series. There was anticipation in the air ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, November 3, 2016 2:00 pm

Local

Powwow set for Lumbee Indians, eastern N.C. flood victims Friday at VA hospital

SALISBURY — A powwow for Lumbee Indians and eastern North Carolina flood victims will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday in the Building 6 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 12:00 am

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