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Yesterday: A Boyden High homecoming parade in 1945

This photograph from the 1946 Boyden High School yearbook, ‘The Echo,’ is not of the highest quality, but besides showing a portion of the school’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 29, 2016 12:00 am

Local

With foundation’s help, cleanup continues at Thomas Street house

SALISBURY — Historic Salisbury Foundation says a 1922 West Thomas Street home, which only recently has been uncovered from years of tree and other vegetative growth, is ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Task force looking for more landlords to house homeless veterans

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For Waggoner Realty, it started with a couple of homeless veterans in 2009 and grew from there. Today, the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:10 am

Local

The Last Dance: After 52 years, Shoaf’s Wagon Wheel will close Saturday night

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Tonya Shoaf Barber doesn’t know what life is without the Wagon Wheel — this “barn dance” venue her grandfather ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 26, 2016 12:05 am

Entertainment

Clawhammer banjoist Bob Carlin will play Tuesday at Rowan Public Library

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — If Bob Carlin were thinking of post-World War II banjoists to put on a Mount Rushmore, he says the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 25, 2016 12:00 am

Local

‘Fun time’ had by all at all-day kickball tournament for Salisbury 49ers

SALISBURY — Eight teams competed Saturday in the all-day Rowan/Salisbury Adult Co-Ed Kickball Tournament, a first-time event which raised money for the Salisbury 49ers youth ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 12:00 am

Local

‘I love every inch of this state’: Holshouser receives state’s highest civilian honor

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — John L. Holshouser said his wife, Nancy, presented this little celebration of his 78th birthday “as an ice cream ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 22, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Salisbury man wins $4 million lottery scratch-off

Staff report RALEIGH — The N.C. Education Lottery reports Dennis Powell of Salisbury won $4 million in its “Ruby Red 7s” scratch-off game. Powell claimed ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 22, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Boyden High’s 1946 senior class officers

Someone delivered to the Post a copy of the 1946 ‘Echo,’ the yearbook for Boyden High School in Salisbury. It’s chock-full of great photographs including this one ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 22, 2016 12:00 am

Local

‘Maters always provide a juicy festival in Woodleaf

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — As a nutritional science major at N.C. State University, Neely Holloway knows the health benefits of tomatoes — especially ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 21, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Three-vehicle accident on Jake Alexander Boulevard leads to fatality

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The driver of a silver Camaro was killed early Saturday evening in a fiery accident involving at least three ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 21, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Stranded in Louisiana: Salisbury couple find themselves stuck on interstate for 22 hours

A week ago, Jim and Susan Beard of Salisbury were in a pickle. For 22 hours, they were stranded on Interstate 12 in Louisiana when Noah’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 21, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Mud and guts: At Patterson Farm, family-oriented Big Muddy Challenge is ‘squishy, but fun’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com MILLBRIDGE — What is it about head-to-toe mud — the penetrating, staining, red clay kind of mud — that brings families together? ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 21, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Who needs a notched dog tag to identify great men?

SALISBURY — You can’t walk the length of two foxholes during the Tuesday morning coffeehouse for veterans at Thelma’s restaurant without having a story kick you in the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 19, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Appreciation for law enforcement: Officers, support staffs enjoy free lunch at fairgrounds

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A steady stream of law enforcement officers and their staffs, courthouse and emergency communications personnel kept coming to the Rowan ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 18, 2016 2:31 pm

Local

Holding hands: Don and Margaret Livengood die as they lived — together

SALISBURY — Last Friday, no doubt against hospital protocol, somebody pulled some strings and allowed Don and Margaret Livengood to share a room together in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Divide and conquer: The Waltons had children playing in championships on opposite sides of the country

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Alan Walton was a nervous wreck Tuesday. “It is what it is,” Walton said he told people who expressed anxiety over his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Divide and conquer: The Waltons have children in championships on opposite sides of the country

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Alan Walton is a nervous wreck. “It is what it is,” Walton said he tells people who express anxiety over ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:27 pm

Business

Chamber campaign aims to add 90 new members

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s difficult to say who was the star of the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours gathering ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 16, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: The day after Elvis died

Over the decades, David Harrison of Salisbury has kept the newspapers documenting significant events in U.S. history, and his collection includes the Salisbury Evening Post from Aug. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 15, 2016 12:00 am

Local

A brother comes home: After 35 years, siblings are reunited

SALISBURY — Through the years, Mike Linnane Jr. and his sisters regularly talked about their long-lost older brother, Danny, who they hadn’t seen since leaving Germany ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 14, 2016 12:10 am

Local

‘Net’-working: Catawba volleyball team, Oak Park residents square off in Rio 2016

SALISBURY — When the Catawba College women’s volleyball team came through the front doors of Oak Park Retirement community Friday morning, the 19 players looked ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, August 13, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Maggie dies in the arms of a friend

SALISBURY — In about two days, Anna Jenkins will receive Maggie’s cremated remains. Back at her Salisbury apartment Wednesday afternoon, Jenkins began gathering all of Maggie’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 11, 2016 12:05 am

Local

A veteran and her service dog need your help

SALISBURY — I don’t quite know how to approach this subject. I could be helping put Maggie to her death. I received an email Monday from ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: First-graders at Henderson School in 1934

Sally Sedberry Helms provided this photograph to the Post. It shows her first-grade class at Henderson School in 1934. The photo was taken on the school’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 8, 2016 12:00 am

Health

‘Faithful melody’: Little Aria Blackburn represents a third generation fighting eye cancer

KANNAPOLIS — Aria Blackburn is a ball of energy. She does everything you would expect of a 9-month-old little girl. She loves toys on the floor ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 7, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Transportation museum announces fall rail excursions

SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum has announced that its fall rail excursions this year will go to Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 29 and Toccoa, Ga., ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 5, 2016 12:05 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry residents unhappy about proposed SECU site, zoning confusion

GRANITE QUARRY — Residents and some business interests aired their concerns Monday night about the potential location of a State Employees Credit Union branch office on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 12:00 am

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