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Business

Food Lion co-founder Ralph Ketner dies at 95

Ralph Ketner, the Food Lion cofounder who famously said he would rather make five past pennies than one slow nickel, died Sunday afternoon at the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 30, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Sacred Heart School students take to the stage in 1948

Joe Williams submitted this 1948 photograph of Sacred Heart Catholic School students, dressed in their costumes for several school skits. Williams thinks he was in third grade ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 30, 2016 12:00 am

Local

The loss of Leo: Mattie Brown always waited for her World War II son to come home

ROCKWELL — Mattie Josey Brown had the same dream every night, and she would tell her little daughter Ann about it while they sat at the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 30, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: the last days of the Bates Hotel

This Salisbury Post file photo from late January or early February 1980 shows a small crowd watching the heavy demolition underway on the former Bates ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 23, 2016 12:00 am

Local

When Harold met Gladys: Special couple find love amid a welcoming family, church

SALISBURY —  Their courtship hasn’t been exactly what you might expect. Harold Mollinedo and Gladys Vanhoy consider their first date as breakfast at the local IHOP. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, May 21, 2016 12:10 am

Business

State Employees Credit Union looking at office in Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The State Employees Credit Union, which has a longtime branch office at 1030 Mooresville Road in Salisbury, is ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, May 20, 2016 2:32 pm

Local

Last-minute activity prepares for George Washington’s visit Saturday

While the forecast of rain has shifted times and locations around a bit for Saturday’s 225th anniversary celebration of George Washington’s visit to Salisbury, spirits have ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, May 20, 2016 12:10 am

Education

Teen parents, graduating high school, prepare for the next step

SALISBURY — Talita McCain looked out on the faces of teen parents in her audience Thursday and said, “This used to be me.” Today, McCain is an ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, May 20, 2016 12:05 am

News

Sky walkers: Local astronomers always see the big picture

ATWELL TOWNSHIP — You have to like a group whose members bring lawn chairs and casually conduct their monthly meeting outside in the front yard. Maybe that’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, May 19, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Rain threat Saturday forcing many George Washington visit events inside

SALISBURY — Forecasters are calling for rain Saturday when Rowan Museum celebrates the 225th anniversary of President George Washington’s visit to Salisbury, so many of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, May 19, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Because of rain threat Saturday, many George Washington activities moving inside

Forecasters are calling for rain Saturday when Rowan Museum celebrates the 225th anniversary of President George Washington’s visit to Salisbury, so many of the day’s ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 12:58 pm

Local

A sinking experience: Family lives through night they’ll never forget

SALISBURY — Enough time has passed that they can talk about it now. It’s just difficult to shake the memory of clinging to each other in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Blind ambition: A visiting musician makes downtown pianos sing

SALISBURY — As Randy Gilkey settled in behind the piano outside of Sweet Meadow Cafe Monday, it wasn’t long before he was smiling, bouncing and singing ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Once a private family oasis, the Henry Connor Bost House goes public

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP —  Dr. Donald Lomax and his wife, Marie, bought this historic property in 1961 and on many Wednesday afternoons and most weekends, it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 16, 2016 12:10 am

Local

The Dart: Pencil in McCanless golf group for Sunday afternoons

Editor’s note: The Dart is a weekly feature that requires reporters to throw darts at a map of Rowan County and use the locations to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 16, 2016 12:05 am

Local

Yesterday: A passenger train derailment in 1977

This photograph from the Salisbury Post files offers an aerial view of a passenger train derailment that injured 16 people in the early morning hours ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 16, 2016 12:00 am

Local

For Myers and Page, roses are ‘Perfect’ business

SALISBURY — As Robert Myers and Jack Page stand on the street, looking back at the magnificent landscape surrounding their Mediterranean-styled home, the mailman putters up in his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Washington is coming! Washington is coming!

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The myths and legends related to George Washington abound. The wooden teeth. His Herculean toss of a silver dollar across ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:00 am

Business

A tribute for Ralph: ‘He loves you so much’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An ailing Ralph W. Ketner could not make a luncheon meeting in his honor Tuesday, but he was there ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Mr. Smith actually went to Washington — and looks to make his mark

SALISBURY — The last time you heard about Rowan County native Tremayne Smith, he probably was earning Teacher of the Year honors at Rocky Mount ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 9, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Kindergarten actors from 1933

Ann Coggin provided this photograph from May 31, 1933, of the second-year kindergarten glass of Agnes Weant and Marie Graf. The class was putting on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 9, 2016 12:00 am

Local

House uncovered: HSF volunteers bring down vegetation to get better look at imperiled structure

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Historic Salisbury Foundation volunteers formed a work crew Saturday morning that hacked, pulled, chopped and sawed its way through ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 9, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Festival shows the wonderment of finding joy in the simple things

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Caleb McDonald, 5, had a direct question of craftsman Steve Martin. “What’s that?” The youngster was pointing over to a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 9, 2016 12:00 am

Health

Relay for Life: Cancer survivors keep on keeping on

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Penny B. Barger is one of those people who takes what life dishes out. Now it just happens to be ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, May 8, 2016 12:01 am

Business

Ministerial association will honor Ralph Ketner Tuesday

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Rowan Ministerial Association will honor Ralph W. Ketner — “The Lion King of Food Lion” — at ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, May 7, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Task force celebrates finding home for veteran and her service dog

SALISBURY — Earlier this year, you never could have convinced Anna Jenkins that she and her service dog, Maggie, would be living in a one-bedroom ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, May 7, 2016 12:00 am

Faith

A country says thanks: These are heady days for a girl from Faith, N.C.

SALISBURY — Lucy Josey Anderson has been receiving a lot of attention lately, simply because she was a Navy WAVE — a cook second class ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 12:10 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry extends garbage contract with Waste Management for five years

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen ticked off several major items Monday night, including a five-year contract extension ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, May 3, 2016 12:00 am

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