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Granite Quarry

GQ aldermen will discuss incentives for industrial park

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen is expected to discuss Monday night an incentives package for a new ... Read more

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

Local

Yesterday: a bicycle built for four

Mike Cline sent in this newspaper clipping from the Oct. 16, 1965, edition of the Salisbury Evening Post. The original caption said the bicycle built ... Read more

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

Local

Rainy days and Monday: Forecaster deals exclusively with Rowan County’s weather

ATWELL TOWNSHIP — Steve Monday isn’t sure when it started, this passion he has for weather. He just knows that as a child he loved ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, January 31, 2016 12:10 am

Granite Quarry

Rep. Hudson, Mayor Feather deliver mail to “Granite Quarry 28146” addresses

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — In Granite Quarry, the postman rings twice, or three or four times. To mark, even celebrate a new ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 30, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Elmer Lam, selfless advocate for transportation museum, dies in Charlotte

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com Elmer Lam, whose love for railroading, skills as a salesman and passion to succeed, made him the perfect advocate for the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, January 29, 2016 12:01 am

Business

Wineka column: Hank and Petie Palmer anchored chamber office in crucial time for Salisbury-Rowan

SALISBURY —  When Hank Palmer headed the Salisbury-Rowan Chamber of Commerce and his wife, Petie, served as secretary, it wasn’t unusual for the family to gather ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:03 am

Local

Yesterday: What do you know about the Christiana School?

Joe Renegar of Christiana Lutheran Church needs your help. The photo above was found in the church archives, and Renegar is looking for any information ... Read more

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

Local

Woman resident suffers burns in escaping Gold Hill Drive fire

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An older women, who lived by herself, suffered burns on her back and arms as she escaped a fire ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, January 24, 2016 3:44 pm

Local

Trooper hurt after purposely hit by ATV; Gov. McCrory calls it ‘inexcusable behavior’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Authorities are looking for the operator of an all-terrain vehicle who reports say purposely hit a highway patrolman ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:15 pm

Local

Now that storm system has moved on, time for ‘recovery mode’

Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — By Saturday morning, it was over — the snow and sleet had passed through, and it was as though Rowan County ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:10 pm

Business

For almost a century, Chamber of Commerce has made itself part of the Rowan story

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Name pretty much any major activity or development in Salisbury and Rowan County over the past 90-plus years, and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:05 pm

News

Officials looking for person who intentionally hit state trooper

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — The Department of Public Safety released a statement this afternoon saying a Rowan County trooper, on routine patrol ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:21 am

Local

Wineka column: A gift, one day after the funeral

SALISBURY — Your first inclination is to call it serendipitous, but then you think, there was nothing accidental about this. Around lunchtime at East Rowan High ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, January 22, 2016 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry, county set joint public hearing for Feb. 1 on economic development project

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen will hold a joint public hearing Feb. 1 with the Rowan County ... Read more

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

Local

The Path to Lincoln School: Evans remembered fondly in place he always talked about

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A good-sized crowd gathered Monday morning for a sign dedication at Dixonville Cemetery. The new sign, titled “The Path to Lincoln ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, January 19, 2016 12:06 am

Local

Dr. Libby: Rockwell’s treasured family physician liked delivering babies the best

ROCKWELL — It still seems to happen every week, whether she’s filling up her car with gas or walking down an aisle at the grocery ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, January 18, 2016 12:10 am

News

Yesterday: In 1982, a visit with retired Senator Sam in Morganton

A Post reporter and photographer made a visit in March 1982 to the Morganton law office of retired U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin Jr., then 85. ... Read more

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

Opinion

Week in review: Test your nose for local news

1. The Class J 611 steam locomotive will be pulling roundtrip passenger train excursions this spring from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer to ... Read more

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

Local

A hero named Wallenberg: Bernheim puts true bravery in perspective

SALISBURY — In March 1981 in New York, Rachel Oestreicher Bernheim, then Rachel Haspel, was working on plans to start a shoe store — something ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Joy Hamilton won’t let go of Christmas — at least not until Jan. 15

SALISBURY — How do you say it politely without hurting Joy Hamilton’s feelings? Doesn’t she realize Christmas is over? It’s time to take down and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:05 am

Local

Wineka column: A New York trip always qualified for ‘What They’re Doing’

SALISBURY — Before the days of Facebook, many of the items you see posted today on social media found their way into the society pages of hometown ... Read more

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

Local

Rowan Museum’s Hirst retiring in late spring, search on for successor

Staff report SALISBURY — The Rowan Museum Inc. Board of Directors has announced the pending retirement — in late spring — of longtime executive director Kaye ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 3:22 pm

Local

Yesterday: A winner’s pose after 1970 Soap Box Derby

In this Salisbury Post file photograph taken July 19, 1970, 11-year-old Richard Bullock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Bullock, sits in his racer that won ... Read more

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

Business

Salisbury’s Scott Robinson new president of Appraisal Institute

Staff report Effective Friday, Scott Robinson of Salisbury began a one-year term as president of the Appraisal Institute. The Appraisal Institute, headquartered in Chicago, is ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, January 10, 2016 12:00 am

Local

Plane with parachute lands safely in backyard of Kannapolis home

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — A single-engine Cirrus aircraft with a built-in parachute for safety made an emergency landing Friday afternoon in the backyard ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 9, 2016 12:10 am

Local

Brenda Zimmerman: ‘I will be forever grateful that God led me to this place’

SALISBURY — The spacious activities room at Trinity Oaks Health and Rehab affords islands of entertainment. In one corner, two residents are watching CNN for the latest news. Elsewhere, ... Read more

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

Local

Area ministers meet Wednesday at Hood Seminary

The year’s first meeting of area ministers will be held at noon Wednesday at Hood Theological Seminary in the new Aymer Center. Hood President Vergel ... Read more

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

Granite Quarry

Conrad new GQ town manager; Board approves big waterline project

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — With a month already under his belt, Phil Conrad sat through his first full Board of Aldermen’s meeting Monday ... Read more

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

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