Mattress Firm Joins Dick’s Sports, Hobby Lobby, Kirkland’s, and Salsarita’s...
RFP Staff ♦ A nation-wide bedding leader, Mattress Firm joined the growing roster of major retail at Shoppes at Summit on Julian Road in Rowan County. Currently Shoppes at Summit lists Kirkland’s,...
View ArticleHistoric Preservation Tax Credits
The John Locke.Org/Sarah Curry ♦ Historic Preservation Tax Credits: http://www.johnlocke.org/newsletters/research/2015-02-02-luim0b48l42ciebj446t6oog63-fiscal-insight.html
View ArticleWar on Salisbury, N.C. Hillbilly Heroin Epidemic Ratcheting Up. Sheila...
RFP Staff ♦ Sheila Bobbitt Smith,44, of 300 block of S. Oakhurst Drive and convicted drug felon, was arrested Friday in Salisbury for selling or delivering Oxycodone and 3 counts of trafficking heroin...
View ArticleMan Sent to Emergency Room After Brutal Beer Mug Beating Monday at Nashville...
RFP Staff ♦ David Todd Lomax, 43, of the 1000 block of 4th Street in Spencer, allegedly strolled up to his former wife’s husband at Nashville Nights bar on East Innes St. and lit into him with a beer...
View ArticleRowan County Commission Annual Planning Work Sessions for February 5th and...
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County Commission Annual Planning Work Sessions for February 5th and 6th at the South Rowan Regional Library on 920 Kimball Road in China Grove, N.C. Open to the public. ROWAN COUNTY...
View ArticleThe Local Government Commission Today Approved the County’s $6.5 Million...
RFP Staff ♦ Today the N.C. Local Government Commission (LGC) approved Rowan County’s request to take out a $6.5 million dollar loan to construct the Rowan-Salisbury School System’s new Central Office...
View ArticleN.C. Senator Tom McInnis Co-Sponsors Senate Bill 6 to Keep Quality Teachers...
Press Release ♦ Senator Tom McInnis is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 6 with Senator Jerry Tillman and Senator Chad Barefoot as the primary sponsors of the bill. Senate Bill 6 would allow school system...
View ArticleRep. Harry Warren’s (NC-77) Legislative Newsletter
Hello, Friends and Constituents of District 77! The 2015- 2016 session work began this past week, as the gears of government slowly started to grind into action on Wednesday, January 28th with the...
View ArticleMusipedia: The Open Music Encylopedia. With “Melodyhound” Music Search You...
RFP Staff ♦ Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia. Musipedia is inspired by, but not affiliated with Wikipedia. Musipedia is building a searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes,...
View ArticleSalisbury, N.C.’s City Council Presses Ever Forward in the Saga of Selecting...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Salisbury City Council’s “mind-hive” presses ever forward in the saga of selecting the “perfect candidate” to be the next city manager. Yesterday they announced: “We are moving...
View ArticleJason Paul Elliott, Hunted Down by K-9 Dog in Salisbury, N.C. Tuesday after...
RFP Staff ♦ Jason Paul Elliott, 37, of 9115 Stokes Ferry Road in Salisbury, was tracked down by a Salisbury Police Dog named Zero minutes after officers were dispatched to a burglary call around 2 p.m....
View ArticleIt’s Official: The FCC Intends to Reclassify Broadband
CED Magazine/Brian Santo ♦ It’s official: The FCC intends to reclassify broadband. “These enforceable, bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content...
View ArticleBattling Salisbury, N.C.’s Soaring Poverty: Elite Dumpster Diving
Wired/Randall Sullivan ♦ Here’s a story of an unusual and successful dumpster diver in Wired: “The Pro Dumpster Diver Who’s Making Thousands Off America’s Biggest Retailers”. This story is about an...
View ArticleRowan Republican Men’s Club Breakfast Saturday February 7th at Ryan’s in...
Public Announcement ♦ Rowan Republican Men’s Club Breakfast meets on Saturday February 7th at Ryan’s on 730 Jake Alexander Blvd in Salisbury. Doors open at 8 a.m. Meeting starts at 9. Enjoy political...
View ArticleDay Shift Manager Erin Lynn Upright, 36, Allegedly Embezzled $5,596 From...
RFP Staff ♦ Erin Lynn Upright, 36, of the 800 block S. Ellis Street in Salisbury, an ex day shift manager at McDonald’s fast food restaurant on the 700 block of E. Innes in Salisbury, N.C. was arrested...
View ArticleLetter-to-the Editor: Use Extreme Caution When in Downtown Salisbury, N.C.....
Rabbi Will McCubbins, China Grove, N.C. ♦ I’m going to take a slight detour from my usual message of obtaining a concealed carry permit and practicing: “Two to the core and one to the head”. As most...
View ArticleRowan-Salisbury Schools Grade Poorly on State Education Assessment. Schools...
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan-Salisbury’s Schools graded poorly on the State Education school performance grade assessment released today in Raleigh. Each Rowan-Salisbury School was assigned a letter grade from...
View ArticleVideo: Rowan County Commissioners Meeting at 3 P.M. Thursday, February 5th in...
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Rowan County Commissioners Meeting at 3 P.M. Thursday, February 5th at the County Administration Building in Salisbury, N.C.:...
View ArticleCartucci’s Italian Restaurant Closes Its Doors for Good on Struggling Brick...
RFP Staff ♦ Closed since January, Cartucci’s Italian Restaurant, a one time popular restaurant on Brick Street (Fisher Street), officially threw in the towel this week and is trying to sell the...
View ArticlePublic Schools Inside Salisbury, N.C. Grade Poorly on the State Education...
RFP Staff/N.C. Board of Education ♦ On February 5th public schools within Salsibury, N.C.’s boundaries received poor grades from the State Education’s school performance assessments. Like every other...
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