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Salisbury the Magazine hits the streets this week

SALISBURY the magazine, a new publication produced by the Salisbury Post, will debut this week. The official release date is Wednesday, though you may start seeing the magazine ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 23, 2015 12:00 am

Lifestyle

Barbecue, music serve as inspiration at Roberts family reunions

SALISBURY — Hap Roberts knows how to put on a family reunion. About a week ago, 78 members of the family descended on Salisbury from ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 23, 2015 12:00 am

Health

Woman with rare cancer: ‘It feels a lot like living with a time bomb inside’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Toward the end of 2011, a lesion appeared on one of Brandy Strickland’s cheeks. When it was obvious it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 21, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Wineka column: Our gritty girls were in league of their own

SALISBURY — You might have noticed it. We all seemed to have an extra skip in our steps Thursday. It was a hangover borne of pride. We were walking ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 21, 2015 12:05 am

Local

Council hopes tougher measure addresses blight of problem properties

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury City Council approved Tuesday a tougher ordinance aimed at addressing neglected and abandoned residential properties, and council members ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Van driver dies in Monday wreck

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A driver for Deals Glass Services died Monday afternoon after his van hit the back corner of a tractor-trailer ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Fulton Heights sculptures unveiled in Centennial Park

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sunday’s neighborhood picnic in Centennial Park had the usual things: a covered-dish feast, a few words from the Fulton Heights ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Wright: Bond was ‘strong worker in vineyard of civil rights’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Deedee Wright of Salisbury said the death Saturday of Julian Bond means “we have lost another strong worker in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Van driver dies in Jake Alexander Boulevard crash

SALISBURY — A driver for Deal’s Glass Services died Monday afternoon after his van hit the back corner of a tractor-trailer stopped on Jake Alexander Boulevard near the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 17, 2015 3:52 pm

Local

Council will hear from public Tuesday on neglected, abandoned properties

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on proposed changes to the city code related to vacant, neglected ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 17, 2015 12:05 am

Local

Yesterday: the Rowan Cotton Factory School

Jimmie Higgins provided this photo of students and teacher of the Rowan Cotton Factory School. The photograph was part of a 1994 Heritage Calendar published by ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 17, 2015 12:00 am

Opinion

Answers to news quiz

1. B. A flat tire — or the efforts to fix it — apparently created some kind of spark which led to the I-85 fire ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 16, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Addie Ketner: a destiny shaped by long walks, ice cream

SALISBURY — Addie Glover Ketner seemed to part of a lot of firsts. She belonged to the first graduating class of Boyden High School (now Salisbury ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 14, 2015 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Feather, LaFevers and Costantino find no opposition in GQ municipal race

Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — You could say Mayor Bill Feather is making modern-day history in Granite Quarry, but he hasn’t thought of it in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 12, 2015 12:00 am

Business

‘Casino Night’ kicks off Chamber’s Total Resource Campaign

SALISBURY — The Trinity Oaks retirement center transformed into a Vegas casino Monday evening for the kickoff to the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce’s Total ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 11, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: ‘Uncle Chal’ and Sallie Corriher

In anticipation of the annual Corriher Reunion Sunday, Aug. 16, at Sloan Park, Adele Goodman provided this photograph of Thomas Chalmers Corriher and his wife, Sallie Coleman ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 10, 2015 12:00 am

Lifestyle

A royal trip to Andorra, the magical place you’ve never heard of

SALISBURY — As she spreads out her photographs, maps, books and notes from her June trip to Europe, Dot Gandy can’t hide the hint of frustration ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 9, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Sonny Carpenter, champion for Salisbury public housing, dies at 83

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In 2009, Julian W. “Sonny” Carpenter Jr. complained a bit when the Salisbury Housing Authority named 11 new duplexes ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 7, 2015 12:00 am

Local

History on Tap combines beer, classic cars

SPENCER — Bob Crawford’s 1965 Corvette is what you’d call a driver — an incredibly nice driver. While some of the other classic cars didn’t ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 7, 2015 12:00 am

Local

‘Fascinating’ information being discovered in Statesville’s Green Street Cemetery

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com STATESVILLE — On recent weekends, members of the Statesville Branch of the NAACP have spent hours using Dawn dishwashing liquid, all-purpose ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 6, 2015 12:05 am

Local

Housing Advocacy Commission presents proposal for neglected, abandoned properties

SALISBURY — Completing a year-and-a-half process, the Housing Advocacy Commission presented an ordinance Tuesday that could mean significant changes in the city effort to address neglected ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 5, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Performers will hold benefit concert Saturday for Gilmore, Gladden

Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A gospel benefit concert — “Miracles, Signs and Wonders” — will be held Saturday evening for 18-year-old Robert Stephen Gilmore ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 5, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Salisbury’s Baker back in saddle for his fourth Carolina Brotherhood Ride

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jay Baker, a battalion chief for the Salisbury Fire Department, has some hot, sticky, muscle-straining days ahead of him ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Is something big in the works for Granite Quarry?

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — In giving an update on possible retail development in Granite Quarry, Mayor Bill Feather seemed to be saying ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Man, woman injured in July 26 motorcycle accident still in hospital

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Speaking from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Sunday afternoon, James Lee “Jimi Bones” Barnes said he and his girlfriend, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 12:00 am

Local

City Council will consider permit for Oakwood Avenue daycare

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com Salisbury City Council will consider a request Tuesday for a special-use permit to allow operation of a children’s daycare center at ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 3, 2015 12:05 am

Local

Yesterday: Faith School’s first grade in 1929

John Walser provided this photograph of Faith School’s first-grade class in 1929. The teacher was Lizzie McCombs, who would become Lizzie McCombs Walser. In the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 3, 2015 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Sidewalks, water line among items on Granite Quarry agenda

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen will hear updates on several ongoing projects when it convenes for its August ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 2, 2015 12:10 am

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