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Education
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On Nov. 27, a Capital Needs Committee recommended the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education look into school closures, consolidation and ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, December 3, 2017 12:10 am
Local
The Christmas season is marked by bright lights, the soft scent of evergreens and the giving of gifts. It’s during this time of year that ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, December 2, 2017 12:00 am
Elections
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SPENCER — Sharon Hovis expected a roadblock or two on her way to holding a historic position on Spencer’s Board of Aldermen. ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Friday, December 1, 2017 12:14 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — More than a dozen cars were broken into along the Interstate 85 corridor Thursday. The Salisbury Police Department says the break-ins came just ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Friday, December 1, 2017 9:48 am
Education
GRANITE QUARRY — The old stone walls of Granite Quarry Elementary School hold lots of memories for Francis Trexler, even though the walls of her ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Friday, December 1, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — An 8-year-old boy was badly burned after trying to re-create a YouTube video, according to the Salisbury Police Department. Police spokeswoman Capt. Shelia Lingle ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:31 am
Education
SALISBURY — Teachers and administrators at one Rowan-Salisbury school hope to transform its classrooms with art. On Monday, Lea Anne Thomas, principal of China Grove Elementary ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 12:00 am
Education
SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education dusted off an old conversation Monday: What to do about 35 aging schools and more than $200 million ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 12:00 am
Local
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Before it’s placed in a stand and covered with lights and glimmering ornaments, a Christmas tree spends a lot ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Monday, November 27, 2017 12:05 am
Local
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — This year, the Grinch didn’t have to wait until Christmas Day for his heart to grow three sizes larger. ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, November 26, 2017 12:02 am
Local
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The warm November day and promise of discounts brought hundreds of shoppers to downtown Salisbury Saturday. Stores were open with ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, November 26, 2017 12:00 am
Local
With the turkey and pumpkin pie put away, it’s time to roll out the tinsel, the Christmas tree and the lights. The Salisbury Post’s Electric ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, November 26, 2017 12:00 am
Education
BOSTIAN HEIGHTS — If there’s one thing Bostian Elementary School Principal Lisa Sigmon is thankful for this holiday season, it’s her students’ parents. “We’re very thankful ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, November 23, 2017 12:00 am
Education
SALISBURY — After months of deliberation, the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education’s Capital Needs Committee is returning with specific recommendations that, according to the board’s online ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:00 am
Education
CLEVELAND — As men turned over red dirt in the background, the words that came to mind were “at last.” After nearly 10 years of back ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, November 21, 2017 12:00 am
Education
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — South Rowan High School Principal Kelly Withers still remembers the day a student came into her office, exuberant and excited. ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, November 19, 2017 12:10 am
Education
SALISBURY — How do you ensure that a dream lasts a quarter of a century? You invite others to share it. Thursday morning, family and ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Friday, November 17, 2017 12:00 am
Education
GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan High School students have spent the past few weeks examining community issues and striving to raise awareness and empathy. Helen ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:00 am
Education
ROCKWELL — Thanksgiving came early to students at Henderson Independent High School. On Tuesday, middle school students were treated to a holiday-style lunch courtesy of ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SPENCER — Spencer took the first step Tuesday toward solving a long-standing problem: Park Plaza. The plaza, constructed in the early 1960s along Salisbury Avenue, ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:00 am
Education
CHINA GROVE — It took less than a month for Shannon Cheeseman’s life to turn upside down. On Oct. 7, Cheeseman took her son, Logan, ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:00 am
Education
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The multipurpose room at Isenberg Elementary is a sea of orange — orange shirts worn by volunteers, and orange ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Monday, November 13, 2017 12:10 am
Education
SALISBURY — Rowan County Early College got a taste of “living history” Monday night at the Rowan Public Library. One by one, students from Theresa ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, November 9, 2017 12:00 am
Elections
SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Aldermen traded one member for another once all votes were tallied Tuesday. Challenger Sharon Hovis beat out incumbent Howard White ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:00 am
Education
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education members briefed the county commissioners on the district’s $208 million repair list Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve had months of capital ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:00 am
Education
MISENHEIMER — After more than two months teaching in borrowed classrooms and on an alternative schedule, Gray Stone Day School’s middle school classes finally have a ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:05 am
Education
SALISBURY — What did seventh-graders in 1992 find important enough to preserve for decades? A VHS videotape of “Home Alone,” a pair of jeans, a ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, November 4, 2017 12:00 am
Local
SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools had an internet blackout Friday after a hang-up with its internet service provider. Superintendent Lynn Moody said AT&T, which supplies internet to the ...
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by Rebecca Rider, Friday, November 3, 2017 2:45 pm
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