Business
The big chill: After 65 years, tiny Dairy Queen still a summer oasis
Nothing beats the summer heat like ice cold, tasty ice cream. For 65 years, the Dairy Queen on West Innes Street in Salisbury has been ...
David Purtell, Author at Salisbury Post
Business
Council to review request for downtown development grants
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Incentive grants for renovations to a downtown bar are on the agenda for Salisbury City Council’s meeting Tuesday. The building, known ...
by David Purtell, Monday, July 6, 2015 12:10 am
Business
Business Roundup: After delay, Cuban restaurant to open next weekend downtown
A Cuban cafe on W. Innes Street will be open next weekend, according to the owner. Maracas’ Cuban Cafe was supposed to open in late April, ...
by David Purtell, Sunday, July 5, 2015 12:00 am
Local
Fireworks for the Fourth
Saturday is Independence Day. The national holiday commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Celebrations will take place across the ...
by David Purtell, Friday, July 3, 2015 12:00 am
Education
Courage Award given to young man battling cancer
Staff report The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education presented its first ever “Courage Award” Tuesday to a Salisbury High School student battling cancer for the third time. ...
by David Purtell, Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:15 am
Business
Mortgage rates ticking up, but still a good time to buy a home
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Mortgage rates have been going up this year, but mortgage lenders say the current climate in the housing market is still ...
by David Purtell, Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Therapeutic horses killed by lightning
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Workers and volunteers with a program that offers therapeutic horse riding are mourning the loss of three horses killed in a lightning strike last week. ...
by David Purtell, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 1:32 pm
Education
Furniture in new central office dominates school board meeting
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com The Rowan-Salisbury School Board spent two hours of its meeting Tuesday discussing funding for furniture for the new central office building. ...
by David Purtell, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 12:10 am
Local
Fourth of July closings
The Fourth of July is Saturday, below is a listing of municipal and county closings for the holiday. The City of Salisbury will operate on the ...
by David Purtell, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:05 am
Business
Business Roundup: Bakery, event space, new restaurant open downtown
IsJay’s Sweets and Celebrations is open at 206 South Main Street. The bakery is owned by LaVerne Stephens of Concord. “IsJay’s” is a combination of the ...
by David Purtell, Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Company making ‘panels’ in former Lyon-Shaw building
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com There’s new life in an old factory building on Jake Alexander Boulevard. Composite Panel Technologies is operating in the former Lyon-Shaw/Woodard ...
by David Purtell, Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:00 am
Health
Rowan County EMS earns award for heart attack treatment
Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment ...
by David Purtell, Saturday, June 27, 2015 12:00 am
Crime
Crime Blotter
Salisbury Police Department reports •A woman reported a larceny Tuesday at The Forum on South Main St. •A woman reported Tuesday her cell phone was ...
by David Purtell, Friday, June 26, 2015 12:00 am
Local
Empire Hotel is still majestic to History on Tap tour goers
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Lots of lucky people got the chance to take a walk through history during a tour of the Empire Hotel Thursday evening. ...
by David Purtell, Friday, June 26, 2015 12:00 am
Local
Fundraiser July 11 for Rockwell man injured in accident
ROCKWELL — A fundraiser for a local man injured in a motorcycle accident will be held in July at the Food Lion parking lot on ...
by David Purtell, Friday, June 26, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Delhaize merging with European retailer
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com BRUSSELS, Belgium — Food Lion’s parent company announced Wednesday plans to merge with another large European grocer and create one of the ...
by David Purtell, Thursday, June 25, 2015 12:15 am
News
Correction: 6-25-2015
A story published Wednesday with the headline “Planning board approves rezoning request,” incorrectly described the board’s action regarding the request to rezone land at Richard’s Bar-B-Q ...
by David Purtell, Thursday, June 25, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Deadline is Tuesday for discounted price for Cuba trip
Rowan County Chamber of Commerce Tuesday is the deadline to get the discounted price for a trip to Cuba sponsored by the Rowan County Chamber of ...
by David Purtell, Thursday, June 25, 2015 12:00 am
East Spencer
Open houses for bike and pedestrian plan in Spencer, East Spencer
SPENCER — The towns of Spencer and East Spencer are kicking off a public planning process for the development of a Comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Residents are ...
by David Purtell, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 3:21 pm
Faith
Speakers at vigil call for strength, courage, action
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com It was a call to action Tuesday evening during a prayer vigil for the victims of last week’s massacre at a ...
by David Purtell, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 12:10 am
Local
Salisbury Planning Board approves rezoning requests
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Editor’s note: this story has been updated to correct an error regarding the Planning Board’s decision regarding a request to rezone land ...
by David Purtell, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Discount store will be at Shoppes at Summit
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com A discount store will be located next to Dick’s Sporting Goods in the Shoppes at Summit. Five Below, a retail chain ...
by David Purtell, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:10 am
Local
Salisbury Planning Board has two public hearings today
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Public hearings involving additional parking at Richard’s Bar-B-Q and rezoning along Jake Alexander Boulevard South are on the agenda for today’s Salisbury Planning ...
by David Purtell, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Pool has been keeping summer cool for 50 years
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com FAITH — It was barely 10 a.m. Wednesday morning and the temperature was already in the upper 80s and climbing toward the ...
by David Purtell, Sunday, June 21, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Local businesses earn labor awards
The N.C. Department of Labor honored area employers and employees at the agency’s annual safety awards banquet in Concord June 11. The awards honor outstanding ...
by David Purtell, Sunday, June 21, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Business Roundup: Caldwell named to Women in Business list
CHARLOTTE — Dari Caldwell, president of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, as been named to the Charlotte Business Journal’s Women in Business list. Caldwell joins 24 ...
by David Purtell, Sunday, June 21, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Sharp Transit joining Aldi at job fair
Sharp Transit will also be at Tuesday’s job fair at the West End Plaza. Sharp Transit is a carrier for Aldi, which is hosting the ...
by David Purtell, Saturday, June 20, 2015 12:00 am
Business
Novant Health opens urgent care
By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Novant Health has opened an urgent care clinic on Jake Alexander Boulevard in the same space where another urgent care closed earlier ...