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Granite Quarry’s town website will be getting facelift

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Board of Aldermen approved $18,000 Tuesday night toward a total ...

News

Public enjoys colonial-style bake oven at Old Stone House Christmas celebration

GRANITE QUARRY – Visitors got a look, and a taste, of how Christmas was celebrated during the colonial ...

Business

F&M Bank continues support of Oglesby Community Center

GRANITE QUARRY — Paul Fisher and Catherine Krider stand on the front porch of the Geneva Oglesby Community ...

News

Granite Quarry adopts resolution aimed at cooperating with other towns, county

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Board of Aldermen passed a formal resolution Monday for a ...

News

Beehive-styled bake oven ready for firing at Old Stone House Christmas

By Aaron Kepley For the Salisbury Post GRANITE QUARRY — The sounds of children playing, adults chatting and music surround ...

News

Edds makes his pitch for community collaboration to Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Greg Edds, chairman of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners, continued ...

News

“It caught me off guard’: Former firefighter John Cannon faces a new bout against cancer

GRANITE QUARRY — In December 2014, while he was shopping for Christmas at Concord Mills, John Cannon received ...

News

State: Rowan, other counties have reached ‘attainment’ status in air quality

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Does the air seem cleaner? Town Manager Phil Conrad told the ...

Granite Quarry

Zoning compromise will pave the way for SECU branch in Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Call it the November surprise. A zoning compromise approved Monday night ...

Granite Quarry

Zoning still at heart of case for, against proposed SECU site in Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — There were plenty of arguments made Monday against a rezoning of ...

Business

The perfect brow: Microblading offered at Shear Creations Salon

GRANITE QUARRY — Those looking for a semi-permanent solution to their thin, uneven eyebrows or wanting to fill ...

Business

Zoning for a possible SECU branch in Granite Quarry remains a sticking point

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The State Employees Credit Union would like to locate a branch ...

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 ...

Granite Quarry

Visitors look back at Old Stone House’s 250 years

The Rowan Museum celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Old Stone House, built in 1766, on Saturday.

Granite Quarry

Old Stone House celebrating 250th anniversary this year

The Old Stone House, at 770 Old Stone House Road, is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year and ...

Granite Quarry

Cress retires as Granite Quarry’s maintenance supervisor

GRANITE QUARRY — Granite Quarry Mayor Bill Feather said Monday Kim Cress, the town’s maintenance supervisor for 18 years, ...

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry residents unhappy about proposed SECU site, zoning confusion

GRANITE QUARRY — Residents and some business interests aired their concerns Monday night about the potential location of a ...

Granite Quarry

Downtown items on Granite Quarry’s agenda for Monday

GRANITE QUARRY — Town Manager Phil Conrad plans to give the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen an update Monday on ...

Business

Spray tanning salon opens in Granite Quarry

By Amanda Raymond amanda.raymond@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — What started out as a mobile tent has now become a ...

Business

Solar farms coming to Mount Ulla, Dunn’s Mountain area

SALISBURY — A Cornelius-based company on Tuesday announced its plans to build solar farms in the Mount Ulla ...

Granite Quarry

Colony starts a cat fight among neighbors in rural Rowan

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — On a rural stretch of road near U.S. 52, a feral cat ...

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry budget OK’d with slight decrease in taxes

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Though a couple of members pushed for more of a decrease, the ...

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry budget hearing set for Monday; taxes could go down

Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — It’s not much, but, hey, it’s something. Granite Quarry businesses and residents ...

Granite Quarry

In Granite Quarry, drainage issue forcing Brookstone Way residents to fight snakes, bugs

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Snakes alive, residents on Brookstone Way say they have a problem. Wally ...

Business

State Employees Credit Union looking at office in Granite Quarry

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The State Employees Credit Union, which has a longtime branch office ...

China Grove

Rowan cities and towns see limited population growth

SALISBURY — The population of Charlotte and its immediate neighbors is growing at notable rates, but the same isn’t true for ...

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry extends garbage contract with Waste Management for five years

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen ticked off several major items ...

Granite Quarry

State offers to reduce fines for GQ safety violations

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — A proposed settlement agreement with the  N.C. Department of Labor could reduce ...

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