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Council approves $69,026 in grants to Benchwarmers renovation, expansion

SALISBURY — The Mowery Building, home in recent years to the Benchwarmers bar at 113 E. Fisher St., gained approval Tuesday for $69,026 in economic development incentive ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

DOT says contractor’s street work in Granite Quarry ‘not up to par’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The N.C. Department of Transportation will ask a contractor to return to Granite Quarry and fix some previous street repairs, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: the Blackmer family in 1957

In this photograph from February 1957, provided to the post by Mike Cline, noted Salisbury screen and stage actor Sidney Blackmer poses with his wife, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 6, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Faith Fourth Parade celebrates land of freedom, opportunity

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com FAITH — In 1987 as a young mother, Mariana Petre came to the United States from Romania for a better life, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 5, 2015 12:16 am

Granite Quarry

Fire truck, street repairs on Granite Quarry’s agenda Monday

GRANITE QUARRY — The Board of Aldermen is expected to schedule an open house for residents to see the town’s new fire truck later this month. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 5, 2015 12:00 am

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Shouldn’t we all feel safe under Fame’s wings?

SALISBURY — Sunday’s rally for the Confederate flag around the “angel” at Church and West Innes streets — directly across from the Salisbury Post — ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:30 am

Local

Lure of the lake: It’s summertime, and the fishing is electric

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com HIGH ROCK LAKE — The flat-bottom boat trolls the cove near the St. Matthews Church Road causeway like a prehistoric lake monster. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Father Aymerich says consider him a brother

MOORESVILLE — As he sits on the tailgate of an old pickup and looks back over his life in ministry, Father Ramon Aymerich seems far removed ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Quick update on Monday’s ‘Yesterday’ photo

A little bit more information has come in related to Monday’s “Yesterday” photo on page 2A and reprinted in Tuesday’s edition on page 3A. Greg Shuler ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 12:00 am

Local

More clues emerge for Monday’s ‘Yesterday’ photo

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com Several readers have offered more information related to a “Yesterday” photo published in Monday’s edition on Page 2A. The photograph, submitted ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: When did Salisbury Police stand for this group shot?

Carl Miller provided the Post this photograph of the Salisbury Police Department.  A relative gave him the picture, and Miller judges it to be from ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 29, 2015 12:00 am

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Morgan funeral: A voice from ‘so long ago, so far away’

Editor’s note: Nearly 50 years after his plane went down over Laos, Edwin Morgan Sr. was laid to rest Saturday. Here is Morgan’s story as he ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Price High alumni meet at their ‘one common denominator’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In the front yard of the old J.C. Price High School on West Bank Street stands a historical marker, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 27, 2015 12:10 am

Local

Impressive escort brings airman home from Vietnam

SALISBURY — People along the route seemed to appear out of nowhere, emerging into the heat of a 90-degree day to take a few respectful minutes to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, June 26, 2015 12:15 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry keeps tax rate the same

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen approved a $2.37 million budget Thursday night that maintains the town’s tax ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, June 26, 2015 12:00 am

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Yesterday: Raising the colors in Faith in 1947

This is a copy of a July 1947 photograph that belonged to the late Marcelle Williams. It shows a flag-raising ceremony at Faith Elementary School ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 22, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Donald Holshouser: A ‘river rat’ goes far in Scouting

HIGH ROCK LAKE — On his big dining room table, Donald Holshouser has spread out all the identification cards, certificates, degrees, patches, awards, books, photographs, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, June 19, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Huge procession through Salisbury will bring Edwin E. Morgan Sr. home

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Scores of motorcycles are expected to be part of a special Charlotte-to-Salisbury-to Rockwell escort next Thursday bringing home remains ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 18, 2015 12:00 am

Entertainment

Music & lyrics: Hoffman composes ‘gorgeous’ song for July Fourth chorus

SALISBURY — Imagine the challenges Salisbury composer Marc Hoffman faced when he was commissioned to write a piece for the Fourth of July Chorus in Faith. How ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 12:10 am

College

Yesterday: Wake Forest baseball team won national championship in 1955

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the 1955 Wake Forest College baseball team which won the national championship at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 15, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Tanks, for the memories: Numbers keep dwindling for battalion called ‘Patton’s Spearheaders’

FAITH — Bring up their training at Fort Lewis, Wash, or their 12-day, sickening trip across the rolling ocean to Europe. Ask them about landing at Normandy a month after ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:05 am

Entertainment

Salisbury’s Tevin Vincent looking to attend summer opera program in Italy

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com Tevin Vincent, a 2009 Salisbury High graduate who is now a second-year master’s degree student at The Boston Conservatory, has been ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:05 am

Local

Final Service: Used U.S. flags find one more patriotic duty

SALISBURY — The U.S. flags stored inside the plastic container were like neatly folded dungarees, faded from years of wear and washings. Will Staton pulled ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:25 am

Entertainment

Outdoor drama on bandit Otto Wood back for fifth season

NORTH WILKESBORO — The fifth season of the outdoor drama “Otto Wood: The Bandit” opens June 25 at The Record Park, located at the corner of Fourth ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Mural makeover: Original artist says, ‘If I could hug it, I would’

SALISBURY — The legs of artists Cynvia Arthur-Rankin and Diane Monday dangled from their painting platform as though they were girls hanging out in their favorite ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 12:10 am

Granite Quarry

Price resigns as town manager in Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY —  M. Justin Price, town manager in Granite Quarry for only eight months, is out. Price, 31, submitted his ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: the lonely ice plant in 1986

This 1986 photograph from the Post files shows the four-story structure on East Horah Street, next to the railroad tracks, that was part of the 1912 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 8, 2015 12:00 am

Entertainment

Never-too-late tap dancers rise to top of the heap

MOCKSVILLE — To the strains of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” the little town blues melted away this week as the “Donnettes” practiced for their ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:10 am

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