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Letter: Why continue illusion of recycling?

The town of Landis deserves better. It seems that the more that’s said at Town Hall, the worse the news gets. Interim Finance Officer Roger ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 30, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Do the right thing for immigrant children

Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis must take actionable steps to immediately stop the inhumane treatment of the immigrant children who are being held in ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 30, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Babies conceived by rape, incest should live, too

If you plant an acorn and let it grow for a month or two and jerk it out, no matter how it is killed, it ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Moving ‘Fame’ won’t solve problems in Salisbury

Salisbury, aren’t you just thoroughly exasperated with all of this?  Has anyone suggested we burn all the history books in the library yet?  Has anyone ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Leave ‘Fame’ monument alone, go on with lives

My mother and I moved from Orlando, Florida. We came to Salisbury when we saw the angel looking over the city. This is the town ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Symphony should be commended for camp

On behalf of the Stanback Department of Sacred Music at First United Methodist Church, I commend the Salisbury Symphony’s Education Program for providing another terrific ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: What about finding money for Kesler Mill?

In reference to the article published  Thursday (“Tunnel now possibility at train station”) about the N.C. Department of Transportation exploring the idea of building a ... Read more

by Post Letters, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:32 pm

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Letter: Don’t give into thugs, move ‘Fame’ statue

When I see “Fame”, I see an angel holding up a fallen soldier. I have never thought of it as Confederate or of a particular ... Read more

by Post Letters, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:29 pm

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Letter: What was the point of meeting?

So we all breathe relief now that the second superfluous and hopefully the last meeting on “Fame” has ended. We should all be asking Mayor ... Read more

by Post Letters, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: ‘Fame’ should stay because of its history

Maybe “Fame” was erected for all the wrong reasons back in 1909, but that was over 100 years ago and times have changed. Progress has ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Cemetery is the best place for ‘Fame’

When “Fame” was erected in 1905, it could have joined the 1875 Civil War monument honoring the unknown soldiers at the Historic Salisbury National Cemetery. ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Why the reluctance to separate from the Confederacy?

In 2012, I left Philadelphia following my residency training and have since been practicing medicine in Salisbury. To be honest, I had reservations about moving ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: ‘Shiloh Rules’ is finest work yet by Lee Street

I just saw “Shiloh Rules” at Lee Street Theatre directed by David Pulliam, and I have to say it was the finest performance I have ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Don’t force people of color to see ‘Fame’

Curiosity brought me to the base of the Confederate statue on Innes Street. It was artistic and cultural and had historical value. A police officer, ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: A garden is a good alternative to harmful balloon releases

Nationwide, organizations are considering alternatives to environmentally harmful activities such as balloon releases. A popular and enduring tribute is a memorial garden. Even something as ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Think of all the veterans who died

This letter is in response to Whitey Harwood’s letter published June 9 (“No need to thank me for my service”). Harwood said he was in ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Program provides example for Salisbury

Around North Carolina, steps have been taken to cultivate a welcoming and supportive environment for immigrants in local communities. In larger cities such as Winston-Salem ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Honor dead, but not in downtown

This is in response to the “Fame” meeting held on Monday. I’m a Southerner, born and bred, but I have been disabused of the notions ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Move ‘Fame,’ create inclusive culture

I am a southern woman. I come from a long line of good southern people — stretching all the way from the coast of N.C. ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Dems side with Cooper over abortion survivors

The recent failed veto override in the state House over the “born alive” bill is disgusting. This topic is one that is often misconceived by ... Read more

by Post Letters, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Imagine potential benefits of Smyre’s program

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that there wasn’t an outpouring of supportive comments regarding the story about Bishop Russell Smyre’s “Every Father Initiative” published ... Read more

by Post Letters, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: It’s sad someone would say ‘no need to thank me’

It’s callous, unbelievably unpatriotic, mean and sad that Whitey Harwood wrote, “No need to thank me for my service” in a letter to the editor ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 16, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Pelosi should charge ahead on impeachment

How would you like to be charged with a crime where the prosecutor has no evidence? Then, you discover the prosecutor personally hates you because ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 16, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Amid ‘Fame’ debate, city’s politics lack hope

In the jaws of cynicism, empathy dies without hope. Hope that the sacrifice soldiers make, no matter the war and the cause, would be honored. ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 16, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Sons of Confederate Veterans commander details decision not to attend ‘Fame’ meeting

We, the Rowan Rifle’s Camp No. 405 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Robert F. Hoke Chapter No. 78 of the United Daughters ... Read more

by Post Letters, Sunday, June 16, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Some using ‘Fame’ to advance agenda

There are those with their own political agendas who are trying to make an issue of the Fame monument.  The answer is rather simple, “Do ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: We cannot go back, change history

I say “amen” to  Lora Owen’s letter to the editor published Tuesday (“Leave ‘Fame’ where it is, work on real problems”).  That was one of ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:00 am

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Letter: Solution to ‘Fame’ controversy waiting in Alabama

What would a reconciling a community look like? Could Salisbury Rowan be that community? We are in the midst of deep controversy over the Confederate ... Read more

by Post Letters, Thursday, June 13, 2019 12:00 am

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