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Return America will Oversee Donations for the Rowan County 5′s Legal Battle...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Who will oversee donations for the Rowan County 5′s legal battle for free speech in prayer? According to County Commissioner Jim Sides, the organization Return America, run by...
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This Week in Raleigh with Rep. Harry Warren
Representative Harry Warren ♦This week the pace has picked up, as expected. The high volume of bills filed last week in order to beat the House deadline saw close to 300 more bills enter the system....
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The Empire Hotel: The Queen of the South Main Tenderloin–A Cartoon by Marina...
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Empiregate: The Hard Sell of the South Main Central Office
RFP Staff, ♦Our staff includes an experienced hand from the banking world who organized a timeline related to the city-county battles over the downtown Central Office project. In examining the...
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Ex Salisbury Policeman Kareem Puranda’s trial began today in His Federal...
RFP Staff ♦In the U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem, N.C. a jury was seated Monday, consisting of six men and six women, in the civil rights trial of former Former Officer Puranda caught on video...
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Tastebuds, a Coffee Shop, Closes in Downtown Salisbury
RFP Staff ♦Tastebuds, a coffee spot and gathering place at 106 N. Main Street in the heart of downtown Salisbury, closed Monday. Its owner Kirk Knapp left a message on the Tastebuds facebook...
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Salisbury Police Officers Testify Today in Ex Cop Puranda’s Federal Court Trial
RFP Staff ♦This morning in U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem, during the Kareem Puranda civil rights trial, the prosecution presented two in-car videos of the former Salisbury Police Officer making...
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A Legislative Report from Senator Gene McLaurin
Senator Gene McLaurin ♦Many of you have mentioned you enjoy my occasional history lesson in my legislative report, so here’s one for this week. In the history of our great state of NC, have you ever...
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Rep. Harry Warren (District 77) is Holding a Town Hall Meeting Friday, April...
Elaine Hewitt ♦Rep Harry Warren (NC District 77) is holding a Town Hall meeting Friday, April 26, 6-7 PM at the Cleveland Lions’ Club Den on Cemetery Street in Cleveland. Signs will point the way to...
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House Bill 708: Curtailing Municipal Shell Games
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Recently NC House Bill 708, “Public Enterprise Systems/Use of Funds” has incurred much discussion among legislators and citizens concerned with local government “shell games”....
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County Commissioners Unanimously Approve Resolution Supporting I-85...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦Rowan County Commissioners, at a special commissioner meeting called at 6 pm, unanimously approved a resolution supporting the construction of an I-85 interchange at Old Beatty...
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This Week in Raleigh with Representative Harry Warren
Representative Harry Warren ♦This week saw movement on several key pieces of legislation to keep an eye on. The most controversial bill to move from the House to the Senate was most likely HB 589, The...
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Fibrant Down Friday Afternoon.
RFP Staff, ♦Fibrant, the highly problematic city fiber optic network, was down for a time on Friday. Fibrant could not be reached for comment during this latest outage. This outage comes as no...
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Letter-to-the Editor: A Hero Takes Leave When the Master Plan Withers on the...
Jules Slowinski, ♦It is difficult to contain my anger at your so-called newspaper for all it’s nastyness spewed on Salisbury’s vibrant downtown. Your insensitive thesis that Salisbury is plundering...
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An Interview with Our Editor Steve Mensing
Amanda Clements ♦Amanda Clements: I wasn’t sure what to expect when I pulled into the driveway of Steve Mensing’s West bank home in the heart of Salisbury’s historic district. I guess Steve was...
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Senate Bill 269, Rowan County Airport De-Annexation, Roars Through N.C. State...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦At 12 pm this afternoon Senate Bill 269 “Rowan County Airport De-Annexation”, introduced by N.C Senator Andrew Brock in a lightening strike for our County Airport’s future and...
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N.C. House Bill 711 Parental Rights
RFP Staff ♦N.C House Bill 711, The Parental Rights Bill, sponsored by Rep. Carl Ford and Rep. Larry Pittman is an act to define fundamental parental rights by statutory law. The act states: “The...
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South Main Bat Castle: An Eight Ball to Salisbury’s Master Plan
RFP Staff ♦The skies are rapidly darkening over Salisbury’s ill-conceived and tottering master plan. So far it’s glorious convention center struck out several years ago and more recently the 10...
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N.C. State Representative Carl Ford’s (District 76) New Legislative Website
RFP Staff ♦Recently N.C State Representative Carl Ford (District 76) introduced the Rowan Free Press to his legislative website. The website is a treasure trove of not only Carl’s legislative...
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