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N.C. Senate Bill 472: “Local Incentives for Historic Rehabilitation” Could...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ N.C. Senators Andrew Brock and Robert Rucho co-sponsored Senate Bill 472: “Local Incentives for Historic Rehabilitation”. Senate Bill 472, if passed, would close the door on...
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Everything You Would Want to Know about “Traffic Calming”
RFP Staff ♦ Everything you would ever want to know about “traffic calming” in words, pictures, and diagrams: http://trafficcalming.org/
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Historic Demolition Tax Credits–How to Finally Rid...
Jonathon Morris, U.S. Army Ranger, Ret. and Rowan Rescue Rancher ♦ I was so glad to see the State Senate completely reject Governor McCrory and Susan Kluttz and their crony pals in Salisbury. Thank you...
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USDA March Inspection at The Lazy 5 Ranch Reports Expired Pharmaceuticals and...
RFP Staff ♦ According to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection of the Lazy 5 Ranch near Mooresville in mid March it was reported that several animals required veterinary care and...
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Billy Floyd Pless, Jr. Salisbury, N.C.’s and Spencer’s “One-Man Human Crime...
RFP Staff ♦ Billy Floyd Pless, Jr, 62, Salisbury’s and Spencer’s “one-man human crime wave” is was seen cavorting around the streets of Spencer and Salisbury on Monday. Several folks saw fit recently...
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Kevin Lamont Canzater, 22, Pleaded Guilty to the Salisbury, N.C. Murder of...
RFP Staff ♦ Today Kevin Lamont Canzater, 22, pleaded guilty to the murder of Z&H Mart Owner Hecham Abuleninan, a much beloved figure in his community. Canzator, a Salisbury native, will spend from...
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N.C. House Bill 726 filed Tuesday will End Expensive School Board Litigation...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ N.C. House Bill 726, introduced Tuesday in the state legislature, will allow decisions by the county commissioners as the final step in allocating school system funding. This...
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N.C. House Bill 324 Will Make All School Board Elections Partisan
RFP Staff ♦ N.C. House Bill 324 will make all school board elections partisan. At present most school board elections in North Carolina are nonpartisan. In Rowan County it means that having an R...
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Police Hunting for Derrick Dashawn Brown, of Salisbury, N.C. Who Allegedly...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police are hunting Derrick Dashawn Brown, 20, of the 400 block of Grim Street in the West End of Salisbury for allegedly stealing a Ford Escape with a 3 year-old child inside it....
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Super 8 Motel Stuck Up by Lone Gunman Wednesday on Bendix Drive in Salisbury,...
RFP Staff ♦ On Wednesday the Super 8 Motel at 925 Bendix Drive in Salisbury was stuck up by a lone black gunman in Salisbury. The robber escaped on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No injuries...
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Gov. McCrory Takes a Bad Spill in Durham. Nowhere Near as Bad as His Historic...
RFP Staff ♦ Gov. McCrory Takes a Bad Spill in Durham. Nowhere Near as Bad as His Historic Preservation Tax Credit Pratfall in the Senate.
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Derrick Dashawn Brown, Subject of an Intensive Manhunt in Salisbury, N.C. was...
RFP Staff ♦ Derrick Dashawn Brown, 20, of the 400 block of Grim Street in Salisbury, subject of an intensive manhunt, was captured early Friday Morning. He was charged with kidnapping (felony) and 2...
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Rick’s BBQ Closes Down on South Main in Salisbury, N.C.
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Sadly I learned last night from friends in the Bury that one of my favorite BBQ spots in Salisbury, Rick’s BBQ at 929 S. Main Street, is closing its doors. I’m told the Rick...
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This Week in the House of Representatives with Rep. Carl Ford (District 76)
This week in the House of Representatives April 13 – 17, 2015 Representative Carl Ford – District 76 Twelfth Week of the 2015 Long Session Since the legislative spring break, nearly 500 bills have...
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N.C. House Bill 713 Suppresses Public Access to Law Enforcement Dash and Body...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Filed last Tuesday in the N.C. House, HB 713 seeks to block public access to law enforcement dash and body cam videos like those witnessed regularly on national TV. This...
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Letter-to-the Editor: House Bill 713 Effects on Dash Cam and Body Cam Public...
Kenny Lane, Rowan County, N.C. ♦ I’ve looked at the preliminary wording for HB 713 proposed by Rep. John Faircloth and am a little puzzled. The bill proposes an added subsection to NC 132 – 1.4 that...
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Benjamin Ross Hollifield, a Kannapolis Church Youth Pastor from Salisbury,...
RFP Staff ♦ Benjamin Ross Hollifield, 25, of Buck Board Lane in Salisbury and a youth and outreach pastor at Piedmont Baptist Church, was arrested Friday night by Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies and...
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Public School Open Enrollment: It’s Time has Arrived
RFP Staff ♦ With the Central Office construction now underway at least that part of the Rowan-Salisbury school’s “multi-piece jigsaw puzzle” is place. It’s hopeful the board of education will focus...
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On Monday April 20th at 6 P.M. the West End Plaza Master Plan will be...
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan County Commissioners will meet at Monday April 20th at 6 p.m. at the Rowan County Administration Building at 130 W. Innes in Salisbury, N.C. The highlight of the meeting will be...
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The Best and Least Expensive VOIP Telephones for Home or Office Use
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ The day of the expensive home or office telephones is over. Today all home and office VOIP phones or landlines operate over the internet and are called Voice Over the Internet...
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