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Yesterday: ‘Sandwich girls’ from 1936

Steve Arey says he was going through old newspapers that his  parents had saved and he found a clipping showing Ruby Lowder Arey, his mother, and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 2, 2016 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

State offers to reduce fines for GQ safety violations

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — A proposed settlement agreement with the  N.C. Department of Labor could reduce fines the town of Granite Quarry is ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, May 1, 2016 12:05 am

Faith

Big day to support PTSD sufferers planned at Organ Lutheran Church

ROCKWELL — Jesse’s Ride for PTSD will be held this coming Saturday at Organ Lutheran Church. Proceeds go to Honor One, which provides help for ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, May 1, 2016 12:00 am

Local

A day for thanking military veterans: ‘There ought to be more people doing it’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — Army veteran Ronnie Fesperman had everything he needed — a hot dog all the way, a can of Cheerwine ... Read more

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

Local

Peace offering: Runners zip through Rowan with message of harmony

Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train Oh, peace train take this country, come take me home again — Cat ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, April 27, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Happy, a Purple Heart recipient, says his service was ‘investment in America’

Salisbury VA Medical Center SALISBURY — His name is Henzly N. Harrison, but everyone knows him by the nickname that has aptly described his disposition since ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Students from Frank B. John School in 52-53

Steve Arey provided these two photographs. The picture at top is the third-grade class at Frank B. John School in Salisbury in 1952. The bottom ... Read more

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

Faith

‘Helping Hands’ give kidney recipient Jeff Leonard new lease on life

SALISBURY — Jeff Leonard hadn’t hit rock bottom, but it felt close. On disability and unable to work for several years, Leonard was back on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 24, 2016 12:05 am

Local

Hot wheels: Crowd-pleasing ‘Merica’ motorcycle especially a favorite among firefighters

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — “Merica,” one of the more popular, custom-built and painted motorcycles in the country, might be coming to a fire station ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:10 am

Local

The short life of Bill McCora: ‘I didn’t even know him, but I loved him’

SALISBURY — On Bill’s birthday, Linda McCora and her late husband, Harry, would always place a flower on Bill’s gravesite at Rowan Memorial Park. They also would go ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, April 22, 2016 12:10 am

Local

The house that disappeared: Trying to save a hidden home

SALISBURY — Missing: A brick, two-story home of 3,500 square feet built in 1922 and located in Salisbury’s West Square Historic District. Last seen: At ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Accident causes truck to overturn on West Innes Street

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Emergency responders pulled Dale Griffin out of his truck through its broken windshield after the vehicle overturned on West Innes ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, April 18, 2016 7:00 pm

Local

Yesterday: O.O. Rufty’s General Store in 1990

In this July 1990 photograph from the Salisbury Post files, Fred Rufty and Laura Reed work behind the counter at O.O. Rufty’s General Store, waiting on ... Read more

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

Local

Week in review: Test your nose for local news

1. At the end of a Thursday evening rally of citizens opposed to the potential closing of six elementary schools in Rowan County, participants voted ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 17, 2016 12:00 am

Local

‘Today would be a good day to fly:’ On a glorious spring day, a veteran takes to the air again

SALISBURY — When it was obvious, sitting there in the cab of the Cessna 172 that he was going to go flying, James Cox turned to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, April 15, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Mickle receives Clement Cup, city’s top preservation award

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For his decades of service to Historic Salisbury Foundation and preservation efforts in the community at large, Bud Mickle ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, April 14, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Channeling George: Bull will be playing role of his life

SALISBURY —  Lynn Bull is a self-described “Washington fanatic.” That’s Washington, as in George Washington, the first president, the father of our country. Washington could ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:08 am

Local

Freedom, the eaglet, moves to a foster home

Freedom is not the prettiest bird these days, but give him time. If things go as planned, this young bald eagle will someday be flying majestically overhead ... Read more

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

Local

The Dart: If Noah only knew the work Grandpa put into his house

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — His kids were still toddlers when Rick Miller, while driving back and forth to work, noticed the little house in a yard ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, April 11, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: A ‘Gem’ of a movie theater

In this Salisbury Post file photo from May 1991, taken by Wayne Hinshaw, longtime manager Clyde Scarboro stands outside the Gem Theatre, which remains an ... Read more

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

Local

A man called ‘Cigar:’ Holshouser has always been built for speed

ROCKWELL — A lot of people don’t even know Cigar’s real name. He lives in a tidy doublewide at the end of Cigar Avenue, just ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 10, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Queen of Steam: When it comes to locomotives, the Class J 611 has few rivals

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SPENCER —  The rail enthusiast looks at the Class J 611 steam locomotive, and he sees power, majesty, engineering, the bullet ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, April 7, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Rowan veterans mingle with Strawberry, Gminski, Joe Gibbs Racing

Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost SALISBURY — Mike Gminski, a former All-American at Duke University and retired National Basketball Association player, draws looks at times because he’s often ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, April 6, 2016 12:05 am

Health

Every story different for those dealing with Parkinson’s disease

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Dr. Yogi Patel says his personal story with Parkinson’s disease began in 2001, when he noticed he was dragging his leg. ... Read more

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

Granite Quarry

State cites Granite Quarry for safety violations, levies $6,500 in fines

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — A surprise safety inspection, the first in 18 years, has led to the state’s citing the town of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, April 5, 2016 12:00 am

Local

In training exercises, rescuers do the heavy lifting

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — This did not look pretty. Thankfully, it was only a training scenario. In a grinding crash, a car had ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, April 4, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: Salisbury’s All-America City bid in 1962

Joan Palmer provided this photograph to the Post. It shows her father, Hank Palmer, speaking at the microphone of the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami, Fla., ... Read more

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

Crime

Police investigating Sunday morning death at Alexander Place as homicide

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police are investigating as a homicide the death of a man found dead inside an Alexander Place apartment ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, April 3, 2016 5:12 pm

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