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Local

Autumn Jubilee: After 40 years, you can comfortably call it tradition

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Regina Hundley belongs to a family contingent of 60-plus people who make Autumn Jubilee an annual thing. Traveling from ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, October 6, 2019 12:10 am

Local

Historic Salisbury Foundation gears up for 44th annual OctoberTour

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — While this year marks Historic Salisbury Foundation’s 44th OctoberTour, it will be Executive Director Sada O’Neill Stewart’s first. Needless ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, October 6, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Welcome to the 28039: East Spencer rocks its first Southern Soul Music Festival

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com EAST SPENCER — When you put on the first of anything, you don’t know what to expect, but somewhere the spirit ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, October 6, 2019 12:00 am

Local

‘One of the greatest days of my life’: Panels arrive for Vietnam, World War memorials at City Park

SALISBURY — Panels carrying the names of Rowan County men killed in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War were installed Wednesday ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, October 3, 2019 12:00 am

Local

October issue of Salisbury the Magazine is now available

SALISBURY — The October issue of Salisbury the Magazine, a publication of the Salisbury Post, has reached subscribers and is available in locations throughout Rowan County. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00 am

Entertainment

A Clapton superfan: Where rock icon plays, Salisbury physician is sure to follow

SALISBURY — Dr. Stephen Proctor knows he has a problem, and he even describes it in medical terms, using words such as “pathological.” “It’s a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00 am

Local

‘We share a bond unlike any other’: Class of ’59 was the last to graduate Rockwell High

ROCKWELL — As a teenager attending Rockwell High School, Ann Brown Miller drove a school bus, her route taking her along Old Beatty Ford Road ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00 am

Education

Hurley Elementary students raise money for solar panels, even if Ruby won’t kiss and tell

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Ruby, don’t take your love to town. Things did not go exactly as planned Friday afternoon at Hurley Elementary ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 28, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Saturday is Gold Hill Founders Day: Celebration has come a long way in 30 years

GOLD HILL — Vivian Hopkins says her most memorable Gold Hill Founders Day involved an outhouse race. Think of chariot races, only this time it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, September 27, 2019 12:00 am

Local

‘Nobody told me no’: Community provides items for military museum at Powles Staton

ROCKWELL — About the time Russ Roakes was collecting items for this military museum, he visited the home of Jo Teague, whose late husband, Hugh, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Wallas Hylton takes his 100th birthday on tour

SALISBURY — A couple of months ago, a sign on the door of Troyer’s Amish Market said the store was hiring. Never one to miss ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 11:14 pm

Faith

Historic partnership: St. John’s and Christmas Lutheran churches look to build bridges, not walls

SALISBURY — The Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, preached twice Sunday morning on the parable of the Good Samaritan, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00 am

Lifestyle

Special delivery: Descendant donates important pieces of family furniture to Hall House museum

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The delivery truck arrived at the Hall House Tuesday afternoon, and  board members and staff of Historic Salisbury Foundation ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 22, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Carolina Artists Expo provides window into ‘fantastic art’

SALISBURY — The beauty of the 18th annual Carolina Artists Expo is that it represents a wide variety of artists in about every medium. And ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:41 pm

Local

Let Freedom wing: Well-traveled eagle born here flies close to home

SALISBURY — If bald eagles had a dating service, this might be a profile you’d see: Name: Freedom. Age: 3. Place of birth: Dan Nicholas ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:18 am

Business

As strong as concrete: Charles Newsome keeps building on his Hall-of-Fame life

SALISBURY — Since his retirement, Charles Newsome slowly has been moving things out of his Johnson Concrete office, but the items still left behind betray ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, September 15, 2019 12:03 am

Local

Flying high and proud: Thanks to gift from funeral home, VFW Post 3006 has new flags

SALISBURY — A couple of months ago, the flags outside Hudson-Miller-Tatum VFW Post No. 3006 were looking pretty worn, and someone with Powles Staton Funeral Home ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, September 13, 2019 12:00 am

Health

Strength, wisdom, love: Hospital auxiliary honors gift shop manager Sandy Morrison

SALISBURY — Amy Quick and Melody Poole, who both work in patient services at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, provided the cover. They lured Sandy ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 12, 2019 12:00 am

Local

‘I think you did too much’: Celia Summitt marks her 105th birthday

SALISBURY — Back in June 2010 when Celia Summitt was in her 90s and still living alone, she fell in the blackberry patch outside her ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, September 11, 2019 12:00 am

Health

Community Care Clinic’s open house shows off its remodeled digs

SALISBURY — For 90 days, things were a little topsy-turvy at the Community Care Clinic of Rowan. Over those three months, the clinic, at 315 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Police blotter: Man shot in leg early Saturday morning on West Horah Street

SALISBURY — A West Horah Street man was shot in the leg early Saturday morning during an altercation at his home, according to the Salisbury ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 9, 2019 2:02 pm

Local

A ‘Belle’ of a surprise: Koco Java bunch presents falconer Bernhardt with special painting

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Glenn Ketner became the instigator, the Koco Java “back-table bunch” put up the funding, artist Keyth Kahrs provided the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, September 9, 2019 12:00 am

Business

Raise the ‘woof’: Women’s pet food drive for AniMEALS proves successful

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — During the month of August, bathtubs on display at Hughes Plumbing Supply on South Main Street and even one ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 7, 2019 12:00 am

Local

‘It literally got blown away’: Couple with Salisbury connections lose home in the Bahamas

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com For 39 years, Ted and Ann Tankard often escaped to their beloved retreat in the Bahamas. They called it Sugar Reach, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, September 7, 2019 12:00 am

Local

History Club, Catawba College partner to bring lecture on Napoleonic era Tuesday

SALISBURY — The History Club at the Rowan Museum will partner with the Catawba College Community Forum to present a public lecture on the Napoleonic ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, September 6, 2019 12:00 am

Business

‘Compassion in mobility’: Care Transport Group takes its tagline to heart

SALISBURY — The family behind Care Transport Group brought a wealth of talents to the table when it decided to get into the non-emergency medical ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, September 6, 2019 12:00 am

Faith

For LifeWay Church members, patience leads to their new place of worship

SALISBURY — Back in June, when members of LifeWay Church held the first service in their new building, Pastor Danny Dillard felt compelled to stay ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry holds back on hiring landscape architect for town square

GRANITE QUARRY — By a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen decided against hiring a landscape architect to design a plan for ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:00 am

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