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School System Names Luke Brown as New Salisbury High Principal and Lennetta...
RFP Principal ♦According to Chuck Hughes of the Board of Education, Mr. Luke Brown was unanimously voted in as the new Principal at Salisbury High School. Mr. Brown a former assistant principal...
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A Letter to the County Commissioners
Chuck Hughes, Board of Education ♦I am pleased with the wisdom our commissioners exercised in purchasing the Salisbury Mall. I now hope they will show the same wisdom in accepting the recent counter...
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Urban Farming: The Savior of Salisbury and Cities Treading Water?
Livingstone College (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An urban farm in Chicago (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Yesterday it was announced on area TV that Livingstone College was breaking...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Rowan County Has Three Issues in Need of Champions:...
Eva GeoRene Jones ♦Dear Citizen Colleagues, Now that, for better or worse, we own the Mall, it is time to focus on creation of a master strategic plan for its utilization. Messrs. Pierce and Mitchell...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Salisbury: Soaring Poverty, City Council Okays Beer in...
Cover of Slumdog Millionaire [Blu-ray]Miriam Robinson, Salisbury, N.C. ♦What a horribly humiliating two weeks we’ve suffered through in Salisbury. Today we read elsewhere and soon around the U.S.A....
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Letter-to-the-Editor: What’s Salisbury’s Next TV Report? Homeless Man...
Jonathan Morris, U.S. Army Ranger Ret. and Rowan County Sheep Baron ♦Good Grief–only in Salisbury. I just read that Doug “Lil’ Lord Fauntleroy” Paris is at it again on local TV saying that the...
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Who Doesn’t Have a Voter ID?
Reprinted with permission from NC House.com Legislative News from Representative Carl Ford (District 76) Posted on December 18, 2013 by admin in Election Reform, North Carolina, UNC By Michael Crowell,...
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Judy Klusman Announces Candidacy for County Commissioner
Press Release ♦As you well know, over the past few months there has been a loud call for new leadership in Rowan County. I am stepping forward to answer that call. My name is Judy Klusman and I’m here...
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Is Salisbury Moving Toward a Deeper Hole? Media Focuses on Soaring Poverty Here
Poverty (Photo credit: Teo’s photo) RFP Staff ♦Since we printed the Wall Street 24/7 report about a week ago naming Salisbury, N.C. as the 5th ranked city in the U.S.A. suffering from soaring poverty,...
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How Collectivism Can Strangle Urban Farming
Garden/Allotment (Photo credit: tricky (rick harrison)) Steve Poteat, Unreconstructed County When I was younger, most families had private gardens. My uncle plowed hundreds of gardens with his tractor....
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Video: Rev. Al Sharpton Attacks Dr. Greg Brannon Over O’bamacare
Al Sharpton (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Greg Brannon (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore) Youtube ♦Rev. Al Sharpton attacks Dr. Greg Brannon over wanting to nullify O’Bama’s “Affordable Healthcare”. Dr....
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Three Men Pleaded Guilty in Salisbury Train Robbery
Norfolk Southern train (Photo credit: alandberning) English: Screenshot from The Great Train Robbery (1903) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) RFP Staff ♦In shades of the old West 3 men pleaded guilty in...
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Video: County Commission Chairman Explains the Mall Purchase
Rick Johnson, videographer County Commission Chairman Jim Sides explains the recent Salisbury Mall purchase:
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Video: Sharon Mendoza Delivers the NC GOP State Platform for 2013
Rick Johnson, Videographer ♦Sharon Mendoza delivers the NC GOP State Platform for 2013:
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Information Sought in Unsolved Murders in Rowan County, N.C.
Public Announcement ♦A Number of unsolved murders exist in Rowan County. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Department would appreciate information that might finally close these cold cases:...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Video–Duck Dynasty’s Phil Speaks Out!
Modern chain gang (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Jonathan Morris, U.S. Army Ranger Ret. & Rowan County Sheep Baron ♦I don’t know what happened to freedom of speech at A & E, but I do know what...
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Breaking News: Marcus Kauffman Has Just Passed Away. Taken Off Life Supports...
RFP Staff ♦Marcus “Marco” Kauffman, the firefighter from West Rowan, passed away according to the Carolinas Medical Center. Marcus was officially declared dead at 12:52 P.M. Friday afternoon. Earlier...
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Senator Gene McLaurin’s final newsletter for 2013
Senator Gene McLaurin (25th District) ♦Since this is my final newsletter and legislative update for this year, I begin by reflecting on remarks I made when I was sworn in to office as your state...
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“Consumer Priced” 3D Printers Arriving on the Market Will Lead to an Upsurge...
English: RepRap v.2 ‘Mendel’ open-source FDM 3D printer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Gun Shops, Krupps [i.e., Krupp], Essen (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Over the...
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Documentary Video: When Poverty’s Sledge Hammer Comes Down–Detroit’s Rapid...
Al Profit, Film Documentarian ♦A full length film documentary about the city of Detroit, Michigan. Once the thriving center of the automotive industry and the arts, Detroit in a short span of years...
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