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No one hurt in small fire at Gildan Yarns

SALISBURY — A small fire broke out at Gildan Yarns on Tuesday as workers returned from a short holiday break. According to the South Salisbury Fire Department, ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 12:00 am

Education

No delay for school Wednesday in Rowan County, but expect slower school buses because of extreme cold

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools will resume a normal schedule Wednesday through the end of the week, school system officials said Tuesday. Bitterly cold temperatures Tuesday morning ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 6:00 pm

Crime

Shots fired into occupied home

SALISBURY — Salisbury Police report that a home on Cherry Street was shot into just minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day. The home, in ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 11:47 am

10 to Watch

10 to watch: James Harvey, Salisbury Symphony

SALISBURY — Granite Quarry native James Harvey first fell in love with music in the classroom. “I got involved in music because I had great ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 12:00 am

10 to Watch

10 to watch: West Rowan Elementary School

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com In 2018, West Rowan Elementary School will become the newest school in the Rowan-Salisbury school system. The new school will combine ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 12:00 am

Local

New Year celebration at the Bell Tower rings in 2018

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A chilling wave of arctic air swept over Rowan County on Sunday, but it didn’t stop local residents from ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, January 1, 2018 1:31 am

Local

Love blossoms at New Year celebration

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As the clock struck midnight, Casey Stiller pulled longtime girlfriend Brittany Parrish towards the gazebo in Bell Tower Park and ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, January 1, 2018 12:05 am

Local

Old Stone Christmas celebrates German tradition

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Old Stone House keeps winter darkness away with simple grace — fires for cooking, baking and warmth; ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, December 31, 2017 12:06 am

Local

Welcome home: Library hosts veterans event

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan Public Library rounded out three months of special programming with a Veterans’ “Welcome Home” event Saturday. “We couldn’t ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, December 31, 2017 12:05 am

News

Polar Express event surpasses sales goal for fourth year

SPENCER — The Polar Express closed out its biggest year yet at the N.C. Transportation Museum. The holiday show, now in its fourth year, had ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Friday, December 29, 2017 12:00 am

China Grove

Principal of the Year Angelo DelliSanti puts his trust in the ‘Carson tradition’

CHINA GROVE — Angelo DelliSanti’s journey to become the 2017 Rowan-Salisbury Schools Principal of the Year began years ago, with his natural flair for mathematics. Born ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, December 28, 2017 12:00 am

Education

ApSeed to deploy 1,000 e-readers

SALISBURY — After nearly two years and a name change, ApSeed (formerly Appleseed) has its e-reader distribution down to a science. But the 1,000 e-readers ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, December 28, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Every child is the focus for Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ Teacher of the Year

MILLBRIDGE — For Abigail Covington, being a teacher was never part of the plan. “I was always that kid who was behind the class,” said the ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 12:00 am

Education

School staff donate thousands of toys to students

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Christmas came early to a dozen Rowan County neighborhoods. Early Thursday morning, buses full of singing, Santa-hatted educators pulled ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, December 23, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Here comes Santa Claus: Students at Hurley Elementary School receive gifts, food

SALISBURY — When Santa Claus sauntered into a classroom at Hurley Elementary on Wednesday, he was met by excited cheers and the furious jingling of ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, December 21, 2017 12:00 am

Christmas Happiness

Pickleball enthusiasts play with a purpose with gift to Christmas Happiness

On Friday, people from all over the region gathered to play, to eat and to give. For the second year running, the Davidson-Rowan Pickleball group ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Light the way: Electric elf Christmas suggestions

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Nights are getting darker and colder, but Rowan County is keeping winter at bay with cheerful, colorful Christmas displays. ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, December 18, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Class size requirements could mean trouble, RSS warns

SALISBURY — Things look grim for the upcoming school year because of new class size requirements. At the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education’s Monday business meeting, Chief Financial ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Catawba announces new director of campus library

Catawba College News Service SALISBURY — Earl Givens Jr. has been appointed director of Catawba College’s Corriher-Linn-Black Library, a job he has filled on an ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Sharon Hovis sworn in as Spencer mayor pro tem

SPENCER — Cheers erupted in Spencer Town Hall on Tuesday night as Sharon Hovis finished the last words of her oath and took her seat ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:00 am

Education

100 years: Granite Quarry Elementary celebrates centennial

GRANITE QUARRY — Gloria Wilhelm peered into a blue doorway in an older wing of Granite Quarry Elementary School. “This was my classroom,” she told her ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Knox magnet program showing promise, board learns

SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education on Monday received an update on programs at the Knox Center for Accelerated Studies, formerly Knox Middle School. ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 12:00 am

Local

The Park Plaza: Past and future

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SPENCER — At one time, the block between Fifth and Fourth streets was the heart of the town. It was a ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Symphony breaks new ground with Big Band Bash

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Symphony is bringing new life to its Big Band Bash. “We are getting really high caliber talent ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Service Above Self awards recognize students’ in involvement in community service

SALISBURY — The awards handed out Thursday evening represent more than 40,000 hours of community service. And the students walking across the stage in Catawba ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Friday, December 8, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Crosby Scholars commits to $300,000 in grants over four years

SALISBURY — More than 5,000 students have benefited from the Rowan County Crosby Scholars program since its founding in 2013. Nearly half of them enrolled ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 11:58 pm

Local

Candlelight vigil held on first anniversary of 7-year-old A’yanna Allen’s death

FRANKLIN — The gravesite is quiet, set off next to a pond toward the back of Rowan Memorial Park, lit only by the full moon and ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:15 am

Christmas Happiness

Giving in memory of family, past and present

For Sharlene Streeter, giving to Christmas happiness is a return to tradition. “We are a very close family, and my dad always gave in memory ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:00 am

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