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Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:32 AM |
By Emily Ford
eford@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY — After one year of operation, Salisbury’s ambitious high-speed broadband network has a 13 percent market share and more than 1,700 customers.
But Fibrant, which billed its first customer in December 2010, has fallen behind revenue and subscriber projections.
City officials say the current numbers are strong, considering Fibrant launched ... Read More
HEADLINES
Two sent to hospital; Main Street intersection blocked after downtown collision
Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:22 AM |
SALISBURY — The intersection of Innes and Main streets was blocked Saturday night after a Nissan Maxima collided with two SUVs.
Salisbury Police officers on the scene said the eastbound Maxima rear-ended a Honda Pilot and ricocheted into a whit ...Read More
Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:19 AM
McCullough column: Teacher’s music will play on through his students
Some people may know Tom Stubbins as a music teacher. Others know him as a colleague, neighbor or friend.
I came to know Tom as a colleague in 2005, when he was hired as an elementary music teacher for the Rowan-Salisbury Schools. We were colleagues ...
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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES
Pals with Paws: Dog, cat looking for good homes
NC Supreme Court Justice to speak to Republicans
Business roundup
Wineka column: Bernhardt House back on the block for a mere $180,000
Two sent to hospital; Main Street intersection blocked after downtown collision
Liberal, civil rights groups meet for big NC rally
Wake County deputy shoots man during suicide call
Sheriff urges patience in double homicide probe
Winter is back with snow, bitter cold in NC mtns
Local woman makes bid on Ghost Town in the Sky
Four in 8th District race on radar of GOP panel
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:38 AM |
Four of the GOP candidates who have announced they’re running for the 8th Congressional District seat now held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell are on the radar.
So says the National Republican Congressional Committee, which this week elevat ...Read More
Without raises, city likely to see surplus at end of fiscal year
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:02 AM |
SALISBURY — After City Council members were surprised last year during a planning retreat by a $2.7 million budget gap, they were relieved Friday to learn Salisbury could have a small surplus next year.
Without adding any new programs, employees o ...Read More
Author tells students of emergency polio efforts
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:39 AM |
SALISBURY — Historical fiction writer Joyce Moyer Hostetter told Rowan County students Friday that a homework assignment prompted her second book, “Blue.”
“I had already written ‘Best Friends Forever’ and had gone ...Read More
Retired judge to speak at Masonic Lodge
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:07 AM |
The Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge will present Larry Ford, retired Superior Court judge, speaking about “How My Masonic Experience Affected Me.”
He will discuss his contributions to the community and how Masonic philosophy aided him.
All Masons f ...Read More
Student charged after toy gun incident at Hickory Ridge
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:06 AM |
Kyle Anthony Thornton, 17, was charged with assault by pointing a gun, possession of a weapon on school property and carrying a concealed weapon after Thursday’s incident at Hickory Ridge High School in Cabarrus County.
He was released at the mag ...Read More
Turn in Head Start applications starting next week
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:05 AM |
The Salisbury-Rowan Head Start/Early Head Start programs are accepting applications for the 2012-13 school year for children up to age 5.
Families must meet certain criteria for enrollment. The purpose of the program is to provide children with ...Read More
Posters
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 8:55 PM |
Posters
Deadline for posters is 5 p.m.
• Rowan County Pastor’s Aid Union service Sunday, Feb. 12, 3 p.m., at Antioch Baptist Church. The Rev. Paul Jones is speaker and will be attended by his congregation of New Zion Baptist Church. Host pastor i ...Read More
Nominations sought for Humae Society award
News | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:30 AM |
The Humane Society of Rowan County is seeking nominations for the Susan J. Gloeckler Memorial Award presented each year to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to animal welfare.
Persons may be nominated for their ongoing efforts ...Read More
22-year-old victim was trapped under vehicle in I-85 accident
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 1:20 AM |
SPENCER — A woman passenger who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt was killed early Thursday evening in a one-car accident on Interstate 85 about a quarter-mile south of the Spencer Exit 81.
The victim, 22-year-old Tiffany West, was a passenger in ...Read More
City seeks more retail beyond downtown area
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:21 AM |
SALISBURY — At a strategy session Thursday, the City Council talked about hiring a retail recruiter to lure business and new jobs to areas of the city beyond the downtown.
Downtown Salisbury Inc. brings businesses to the heart of the city, and ...Read More
Angry father's Youtube video goes viral
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 10:39 PM |
A father shoots his daughter's laptop in anger in a YouTube video posted online Wednesday.
The video was viewed nearly 2.2 million times by Friday afternoon. Caution: This video contains profanity.
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The video was viewed nearly 2.2 million times by Friday afternoon. Caution: This video contains profanity.
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Construction to begin on new rehab hospital
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 7:39 PM |
CONCORD — Hospital officials broke ground today for a 70,000-square-foot, $26.4 million rehabilitation center.
Carolinas Rehabilitation-NorthEast is a joint venture of Carolinas HealthCare System and Stanly Regional Medical Center. The 40-bed h ...Read More
Nominations sought for Humane Society award
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:59 PM |
The Humane Society of Rowan County is seeking nominations for the Susan J. Gloeckler Memorial Award presented each year to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to animal welfare.
Persons may be nominated for their ongoing efforts for a ...Read More
New police team cuts crime in neighborhood
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:59 PM |
SALISBURY — The Street Crimes Unit of the Salisbury Police Department cut burglaries by more than half in a Salisbury neighborhood during a five-week operation, police said.
The new unit, dubbed “PIT Team” for Police Interdiction Te ...Read More
Fibrant tops list of issues City Council is facing
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:09 AM |
SALISBURY — Managing and implementing Fibrant, the city’s new broadband utility, topped the list of important issues for the City Council during a strategic planning session.
“Some in our community look at our investment in broadba ...Read More
North Lee Street sidewalks should be fixed by summer
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 1:21 AM |
SALISBURY — Sidewalk and street improvements on North Lee Street should wrap up by July and will attract more development in the Railwalk District, officials say.
The city has been working to revitalize the area for more than 10 years.
The state ...Read More
Play review: Weaver’s nose steals the show in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:05 AM |
SALISBURY — There’s no doubt who is the star of Piedmont Players’ production of “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
It’s the guy with the nose, played beautifully by Michael Weaver, who has this silken voice and a smooth confid ...Read More
Rowan Helping Ministries says it will be more convenient USDA food distributor
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:45 AM |
SALISBURY — The long lines that have typically accompanied the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food distribution in Rowan County are no more.
That’s because the program, which serves about 1,300 households each quarter, is now bei ...Read More
Livingstone Founder’s Day speaker tells students to venture into deep places
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:25 AM |
By Laurie D. Willis
Livingstone CollegeNews Service
SALISBURY — People shouldn’t be afraid to go into deep places — even if it means getting away from that with which they’re familiar.
So said the Rev. Dr. Haywood T. Gray on ...Read More
East Spencer looks to develop Royal Giants Park
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 12:35 AM |
EAST SPENCER — Town officials are finally taking steps toward their long-time goal to redevelop Royal Giants Park in East Spencer.
The East Spencer Board of Aldermen, mayor and town manager worked out a strategy for revitalizing the park at the to ...Read More
Faithful Friends hires operations manager
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:38 AM |
Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary has hired its first operations manager, the organization said in a press release. And its 5,400-square-foot facility on Grace Church Road should be open soon.
Shelley Swaim, who lives in Advance, will start her new j ...Read More
Student with toy gun causes trouble at Hickory Ridge High School
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 1:39 AM |
Officials at Hickory Ridge High School in Cabarrus County called in law enforcement Thursday afternoon after a report of a subject on campus with a gun turned out to be a student who pointed a toy gun at motorists.
Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Off ...Read More
Woman running in effort to defeat amendment banning gay marriage
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:37 AM |
SALISBURY — A coalition opposing a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage will dash into Salisbury on Sunday.
Over a five-week period, from January to March, Jen Jones is running 322 miles across the state as part of a campaign called & ...Read More
‘Steel Magnolias’ opens tonight at Carson
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 1:00 AM |
Carson High School will open its run of “Steel Magnolias” tonight, 25 years after the show opened off Broadway.
Show time is 7 p.m.
The play follows the exploits of six Southern women struggling with issues that are as relevant today as 2 ...Read More
Posters
News | Friday, February 10, 2012 1:19 AM |
Posters
• Salisbury Seventh-day Adventist Church, 305 Rudolph Road, Saturday, 11 a.m., Pastor Sven F. Behm, “A Call To Holiness.” Saturday Sabbath school, 9:45 a.m.
• Hall’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, matron’s Valentine tea, Sunday, 5 p.m. ...Read More
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