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Yesterday: Class of 1956 at Spencer High School

The Salisbury Post took this photo, dated May 23, 1956, of the Class of 1956 at Spencer High School. The back of the photograph says ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 1, 2016 12:00 am

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Robertson Foundation takes big step toward creating a ‘Central Park’ for Salisbury

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation is purchasing an entire city block in downtown Salisbury in hopes of transforming ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 31, 2016 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Downtown items on Granite Quarry’s agenda for Monday

GRANITE QUARRY — Town Manager Phil Conrad plans to give the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen an update Monday on the town’s downtown study. Aldermen meet at 7 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 31, 2016 12:00 am

China Grove

Carolina Brotherhood cyclists find plenty of inspiration along their route

SALISBURY —  When it’s close to 100 degrees and you’re riding a bicycle 90 miles from Rock Hill, S.C., to Salisbury, you need things to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 28, 2016 12:10 am

Health

Though nursing school building will be razed, its history, memories live on

SALISBURY — When the former nursing school building at the corner of Confederate Avenue and Henderson Street comes down — probably this September — someone might ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:10 am

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Like father, like son: Charlie Davis and his late dad combined for 80 years with the railroad

SPENCER — Though he still calls a beach house in Little River, S.C., his home, Charlie Davis Jr. has been spending more time lately volunteering at ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 25, 2016 12:10 am

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Yesterday: When Enola Gay crew members gathered in Mocksville in 1991

David Harrison submitted this photograph he took in Mocksville on May 27, 1991, when several hundred Davie Countians gathered in Mocksville to honor their native ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 25, 2016 12:00 am

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Red Cross dinner celebrates agency’s 100 years in Salisbury

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The American Red Cross honored Rowan County’s Doris Faggart for her 50 years of devoted volunteer service to the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, July 23, 2016 12:00 am

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Basketball skills camp also blends in ‘FACTs’ of life

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — More than 100 kids have taken to the court — and the classroom of life — this week at ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:05 am

Entertainment

Salisbury songbird finds in Cuba, as everywhere, music is a universal language

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see SALISBURY — When Teresa Moore-Mitchell sang “The Old Rugged Cross” ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 18, 2016 12:05 am

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Yesterday: In 1993, Red Cross’ Elizabeth Dole surveys Midwest flood damage

In this photograph from August 1993, Salisbury native Elizabeth Hanford Dole, who served as national president for the American Red Cross from 1990-99, surveys some ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 18, 2016 12:00 am

China Grove

Farmers Day Ping-Pong ball drop wins for Rotary scholarship fund

CHINA GROVE — In connection to Saturday’s Farmers Day, the China Grove Rotary Club raised roughly $1,250 through its Ping-Pong Ball Drop, which was conducted ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 18, 2016 12:00 am

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Peaceful Salisbury march draws hundreds to say black lives, justice, unity matter

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  Christina Johnson and nine children with her family joined hundreds of others Saturday afternoon in what best could be described as a Black ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:10 am

China Grove

Farmers Day impresses with boots, bribes, bands and butterflies

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Red-haired Savannah Kozlowski walked down the “runway” in Hanna Park pushing a wheelbarrow filled with vegetables and stuffed ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:05 am

Entertainment

Nothing beats Wednesday afternoons with ‘Mother Blues’

SPENCER — Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen is barely a half-hour into her performance at the Magnolia Gardens nursing home when she gets to one of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 14, 2016 12:10 am

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‘A huge, huge honor’: Salisbury-connected Brunello now a Breyer Horse

Many children with an interest in horses grow up playing with, cherishing and collecting their Breyer Horse models. Lisa Towell was one of those kids ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:10 am

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FACT offers free Skills and Drills Basketball Camp next week at Livingstone

SALISBURY — The fifth annual Skills and Drills Basketball Camp will be held next Monday through Friday, July 18-22, at Livingstone College’s Trent Gymnasium, 701 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:00 am

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A new Southern classic? Cheerwine and Krispy Kreme launch new soft drink

SALISBURY — The flavors of Cheerwine and Krispy Kreme doughnuts have married. The wedding happened Monday when Cheerwine Kreme, a new soft drink, debuted in grocery ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:00 am

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Cube Hydro will buy Yadkin River power plants, including High Rock dam, from Alcoa

Cube Hydro Carolinas, an affiliate of Cube Hydro Partners LLC, announced today it has reached an agreement to buy and upgrade Alcoa’s four hydroelectric power plants ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 11, 2016 6:09 pm

Local

Yesterday: ‘They’re Keeping Red Cross by Daddy’s Side’

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the American Red Cross in Salisbury and Rowan County. The local office, now part of the Southern Piedmont Chapter, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 11, 2016 12:00 am

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‘Coach’ Lou Presutti, founder of Cooperstown Dreams Park, dies at age 75

By Mark Wineka mark.winbeka@salisburypost.com Lou Presutti, called “Coach” by the thousands of kids who played each year at his Cooperstown Dreams Park in New York, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, July 9, 2016 12:00 am

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Carolina Brotherhood cyclists plan overnight stop in Salisbury July 27

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  The fifth annual Carolina Brotherhood Ride, a five-day cycling event made up of firefighters and police officers from the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 8, 2016 12:00 am

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‘Never enough:’ Rowan County nurse part of medical mission trip to Africa

SALISBURY — Whenever he returns from an overseas medical mission trip — he has now been on three — Jeffrey Motes of Salisbury can’t shake ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 7, 2016 12:00 am

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Powles Staton’s ‘Christmas in July’ helps children of military families

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home of Rockwell has launched a “Christmas in July” project to collect more toys for the children of military families. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 12:00 am

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Tuesday afternoon storm packs a punch in Rowan

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It was hot Tuesday, so Larry Jones not only had some fans going in his mobile home, he also had ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 12:00 am

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Yesterday: Red Cross volunteers during World War I

Historian Betty Dan Spencer provided this photograph of Red Cross volunteers gathered in the yard of Mrs. E.R. Overman during World War I. The American ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 4, 2016 12:00 am

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American spirit: Volunteer-driven Red Cross has proved itself in times of crisis

SALISBURY — Early last week, Salisbury attorney Kenneth Stutts gathered together some personal belongings and headed off for flood-ravaged southern West Virginia — his first deployment ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 3, 2016 12:10 am

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‘Ms. Doris’ has been tireless Red Cross volunteer for 50 years

By Theresa Jones Special to the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — On the first Monday of every month, you will find Doris Peeler Faggart at the Elizabeth Hanford ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 3, 2016 12:00 am

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