Lifestyle

Playing with the pros: NASCAR’s Kyle Petty a little nervous about performing with Salisbury Symphony

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Kyle Petty figures he has written hundreds of songs over the years ...

Local Events

Rowan Vocational Opportunities offers shredding services

Rowan Vocational Opportunities As tax season approaches, many businesses and individuals find themselves getting snowed under by a ...

Local Events

Local fans gaining a taste for pickleball

By David Freeze For the Salisbury Post A first-time event on Friday at the JF Hurley YMCA brought avid ...

Local Events

‘You miss out’ if you don’t attend the Cleveland Christmas Parade

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — It’s a given. On the first Saturday of December, Mike and Darcy ...

Local Events

Details in place for Saturday’s March for Love

SALISBURY — More than a dozen children and adults gathered at the 10Thread community workspace on South Fulton ...

Lifestyle

Christmas concert to benefit Rowan One Church One Child

SPENCER — Oakdale Baptist Church will be hosting a Christmas Concert featuring the band Raising Glory to benefit ...

News

Wayne Hinshaw: Keeping the flame alive in Gold Hill

By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post Gold Hill’s traditional  “Lighting of the Fall Fires”  turned into a ...

News

RAC-Y swimmers go the distance for veterans in ‘Military Mile’

SALISBURY — Swim club members of Rowan Aquatic Club-YMCA (RAC-Y) and a variety of community members spent two ...

News

Computer Technology Information Day set for Thursday morning at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center

SALISBURY — The Rufty-Holmes Senior Center Computer Club will hold its annual “Computer Technology Information Day” from 10 ...

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Rowan Museum sets annual meeting for Thursday evening

SALISBURY — Rowan Museum Inc., located at 202 N. Main St., will have its 63rd Annual Meeting Thursday night. The ...

News

Powwow set for Lumbee Indians, eastern N.C. flood victims Friday at VA hospital

SALISBURY — A powwow for Lumbee Indians and eastern North Carolina flood victims will be held from 9 ...

Local

Concerts will benefit Rowan Helping Ministries

SALISBURY — “Dr. Rob” Robertson will bring his high-energy piano performance back to the Meroney Theater this week in ...

Local Events

Zombies, super heroes, princesses find common ground at Halloween Fun Fest

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Even though her son A.J. was walking around with his head in ...

News

Rowan Museum absorbs China Grove Roller Mill; Key swap set for Sunday

CHINA GROVE — Rowan Museum Inc. has announced it is now the owner of the China Grove Roller Mill, ...

News

Tickets still available for rail excursions to Charlottesville, Toccoa

SPENCER – Tickets are still available for the N.C. Transportation Museum excursion trains to Charlottesville, Va., and Toccoa, ...

Health

Rowan Aquatic Club will hold ‘Military Mile Swim’ Nov. 12 at the Y

SALISBURY — The Rowan Aquatic Club will hold its first Community Military Mile Swim Nov. 12 to raise ...

Local

Rockwell funeral home will sponsor free Veterans Appreciation Breakfast Oct. 20

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home will have a Veterans Appreciation Breakfast at 9 a.m. Oct. 20, a ...

Business

Busker’s Bash happening on Friday, rain or shine

SALISBURY — The promotions coordinator for Downtown Salisbury, Inc. said the event was already rescheduled once, so the ...

Local

Wilcox will speak on heirloom plants at Friday’s OctoberTour luncheon

SALISBURY — Camilla Prevette Wilcox will speak Friday at Historic Salisbury Foundation’s annual OctoberTour luncheon at Salisbury Station. Wilcox’s ...

Entertainment

A half century of music: Granite Quarry Civitan Fiddlers Convention keeps celebrating bluegrass

GRANITE QUARRY — Pattie Beaver has been to every Granite Quarry Civitan Fiddlers Convention since the event debuted ...

Gold Hill

At Gold Hill Founders’ Day, you’ll always find hidden gems

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GOLD HILL — When you’re a young boy, life is pretty simple. You grab ...

Local

Weaver performs, speaks on folk music at tonight’s History Club meeting

SALISBURY — Musician Matthew Weaver will offer a program on North Carolina folk music history at tonight’s meeting ...

Entertainment

Clawhammer banjoist Bob Carlin will play Tuesday at Rowan Public Library

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — If Bob Carlin were thinking of post-World War II banjoists to put ...

Local

‘Maters always provide a juicy festival in Woodleaf

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — As a nutritional science major at N.C. State University, Neely Holloway knows ...

Local

Mud and guts: At Patterson Farm, family-oriented Big Muddy Challenge is ‘squishy, but fun’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com MILLBRIDGE — What is it about head-to-toe mud — the penetrating, staining, red clay kind ...

Local

Woodleaf Tomato Festival: 10 years and counting

Special to the Salisbury Post WOODLEAF — There have been at least 3,000 tomato sandwiches. That means 2,000 Woodleaf ...

Local

Free lunches for Rowan County law enforcement officers planned for Aug. 18

SALISBURY — Powles Staton Funeral Home of Rockwell will provide a “Law Enforcement Appreciation Lunch” from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ...

Local

Transportation museum announces fall rail excursions

SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum has announced that its fall rail excursions this year will go to ...

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