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‘Let’s start a new heritage’: Forum aims to be first step in bridging racial divide

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Stephen Pocklington said his heritage is what he starts making today and that he creates a new heritage “when I ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 31, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Correction

In a Thursday story about the shooting of Otto Wood, William Raymond Barbee was incorrectly identified as William Raymond Freeman in one part of the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 31, 2015 12:00 am

Crime

Bomb threat at Harris Teeter Wednesday night turns out to be hoax

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Harris Teeter grocery store at 850 W. Jake Alexander Blvd. was evacuated Wednesday night after someone called the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:43 am

Crime

Salisbury Police looking for suspects in Circle K armed robbery

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A pair of men, armed with a handgun, robbed the Circle K store at 1015 E. Innes St. near ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:33 am

Local

‘They started popping bullets’: Eyewitness recalls the day Otto Wood died

He pulled out his gun and then he said, “If you make a crooked move, you both fall dead. Crank up your car and take ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:25 am

Local

Diehard fans bask in glory of baseball at Newman Park

SALISBURY — Welcome to Umbrella City. Since Friday, when the N.C. American Legion Baseball Tournament started, diehard fans at Newman Park have lined up along ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 12:30 am

Local

Man, woman injured when motorcycle hits car on Peeler Road

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man and woman were injured and taken to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Sunday afternoon when their motorcycle hit ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 27, 2015 12:20 am

Local

The Life of Riley: When Carl Hubbell was king

SALISBURY — Anyone who knows 91-year-old Joe Riley recognizes the man as a storyteller, and a pretty good one. We spent  some time together the other ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 27, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: the freedom document for slaves of Maxwell Chambers

Here is a framed copy of the freedom paper 18 slaves from Salisbury carried with them to Oberlin, Ohio, after Maxwell Chambers freed them May ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 27, 2015 12:00 am

Entertainment

Dragon Boat Festival ready to make waves Saturday, Aug. 1

Staff report SALISBURY — The Second Annual Rowan Chamber Dragon Boat Festival will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Shrine Club on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Flower power: McCoy’s garden blooms for the Humane Society

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SPENCER — As Patty Crocker emerged Saturday morning from Jean McCoy’s slice of heaven off Steeplechase Trail, she carried a bucket full ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:00 am

Local

‘Legacy’ poker run Aug. 22 benefits children of fallen soldiers

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — Local motorcycle riders are being invited to participate in the Aug. 22 Poker/Legacy Run, being hosted by the American Legion Riders ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:00 am

College

Pipe dreams: Jarrell gave Newman Park bones of steel

SALISBURY — When James Jarrell sits in Newman Park and takes in American Legion baseball games, he can’t help but think of his long departed ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:15 am

Local

Despite ‘abnormally dry’ conditions, Salisbury’s water supply OK

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — For now, Salisbury’s water supply from the Yadkin River remains good and is not cause for implementing any restrictions. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:00 am

Local

What now? ‘Fame’ serves as starting point for more dialogue

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A standing room-only crowd produced 42 speakers Tuesday who weighed in on Salisbury’s 1909 Confederate monument and what it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:10 am

Local

‘They stopped in Oberlin’: Freed slaves from Salisbury made a new life in progressive Ohio village

SALISBURY — Their names were, well, sort of beautiful — Adeline, Garrison, Marget, Adelaide, Isham, Chelsy, Sally. They go on and on, and meld into ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Will Confederate monument be topic at Tuesday’s council meeting?

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Tuesday’s Salisbury City Council meeting will allow time for public comment, so it might give people shut out from ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 20, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: the raising of ‘Fame’ in 1909

Jimmie Higgins says this photograph of the 1909 Confederate monument’s being raised in Salisbury was one of many history-related photographs included in a 1994 Heritage ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 20, 2015 12:00 am

Entertainment

Tickets for ‘Sound of Music’ event not available until Aug. 10

The free tickets that will be offered for the Salisbury’s Symphony’s special 50th anniversary showing of  “The Sound of Music” will not be available at ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 17, 2015 12:00 am

Local

“A delicious Country’ — Writer follows Lawson’s 1701 trek through the Carolinas

SALISBURY — Scott Huler has the definite sense now that he’s walking uphill, into a more rolling terrain where the color green dominates. Someone long ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:03 am

Local

Robertson Foundation takes out option on important city block

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In a move its chairman called “out-of-the-box” thinking, the Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation has taken an option ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:15 am

Local

‘Impeccably honest’ Clement knew how to sell a car

SALISBURY — Decade after decade, the many folks who bought their Buicks from Donald Clement Jr. at the family business, Salisbury Motor Co., usually became ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: St. John Lutheran’s ‘Big Trip’ in June 1971

Charlie Sowers provided this photograph of senior high youth and adults from St. John’s Lutheran Church who embarked on their ‘Big Trip’ cruise in June ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Ritchie Foundation operates in way that would make Hubert, Blanche proud

SALISBURY — To avoid paying admission to the Rowan County Fair, Hubert Ritchie always went to the back entrance where the livestock trucks and trailers would go ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:10 am

Education

West End group stresses importance of Price High to city’s history

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The West End community held a reception Friday afternoon at the former J.C. Price High School on West Bank ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Civil rights veteran Wright: ‘I can’t believe they furled that flag’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Friday morning as she watched a honor guard take down the Confederate flag that flew over the grounds of the S.C. Statehouse, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:10 am

Entertainment

It’s all about blackberries at Saturday’s big festival

HIGH ROCK LAKE — When you talk to Lisa Hill about the many uses of blackberries, it’s like listening to Bubba tell Forrest Gump all ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 10, 2015 12:10 am

Local

People with concerns about Confederate monument say it’s time to talk

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Close to 20 people, most of them wearing black shirts, attended Salisbury City Council’s meeting Tuesday hoping to see ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 1:00 am

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