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Free Transporation for Veterans in Rowan and Surrounding Counties
Rodney Cress, Veteran Advocate ♦ Volunteer Transportation Services (or VTS) was created in 2013 to fill the transportation gap for adults with permanent or temporary disabilities, veterans, and...
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Rep. Harry Warren’s Legislative Newsletter for August 27th
Rep. Harry Warren (District 77), House of Representatives, Rowan County, (919) 733-5784, (919)733-5784, Warren@ncleg.net ♦ August 27, 2014 Hello, Friends! The General Assembly finally ended its longer...
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County Commissioners Meet Tuesday September 2nd at 3 P.M. New County Manager...
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan County Commissioners will meet Tuesday September 2nd at 3 p.m. at the Rowan County Administration Building at 130 West Innes in Salisbury, N.C. Highlights of Monday’s agenda...
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New N.C. Report Card for 2014, Regarding Each Public School’s Performance,...
RFP Staff ♦ It was announced recently the new N.C. Report Card for 2014 regarding public school performance in the state’s school systems would have a late arrival. The target date is February 5th...
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Hope for Salisbury, N.C.’s Alcoholics and Crack, Heroin, and Meth Addicts
RFP Staff ♦ While alcoholism and major narcotics abuse afflicts many in Salisbury, N.C., the city’s numerous treatment centers offer hope for Alcoholics and Crack, Heroin, and Meth Addicts. Salisbury...
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Charlotte-Meck Police Collar Jameel “Houdini” Stephens-Maddox Who Escaped...
RFP Staff ♦ Charlotte-Meck Police arrested Jameel Kenneth “Houdini” Stephens-Maddox, 21, at 9:15 this morning. Stephens-Maddox broke out of his handcuffs at a magistrates office, got over a parking...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education Incumbents, Fighting...
Rabbi Will McCubbins, China Grove, N.C. ♦ This November those Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education Incumbents, fighting for their seats, face impossible odds against very angry voters in the county. The...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Educational Injustice
Chuck Hughes, Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education ♦ In a recent conversation with North Carolina’s excellent State Senator from the 25th District, the honorable Gene McLaurin, I mentioned my concerns...
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Video: Sen. Gene McLaurin (District 25) in a Round Table Discussion at...
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Senator Gene McLaurin (N.C. 25th District) in a Round Table Discussion at Jimmie’s Restaurant in China Grove, N.C. on Thursday, August 28th:
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Letter-to-the-Editor: The Emperor’s New Clothes and Our Nation’s Educational...
Travis Allen, Candidate for the Board of Education ♦ The Emperor’s New Clothes and Our Nation’s Educational Ideology One of my favorite story books of all time is “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans...
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Don Tilley, Owner of Tilley Harley-Davidson in Salisbury and Statesville,...
RFP Staff ♦ Don Tilley, 78, owner of Tilley Harley-Davidson in Salisbury and Statesville, died Friday evening riding his motorcycle along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Ashville, N.C. His wife Robinette,...
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Robinette Tilley Remains in Critical Condition After the Motorcycle Death of...
RFP Staff ♦ Robinette Tilley, remains in critical condition in Mission Hospital in Asheville, after the motorcycle death of her husband Don Tilley owner of Tilley Harley-Davidson of Salisbury and...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: County Commissioners Meet Tuesday September 2nd to...
Rick Johnson, Rowan County ♦ Back on August 18th, the Rowan County Planning Board presented to the Rowan County Commissioners their recommendation to finally comply with provisions of HB937, which was...
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Free Computer Basics Class at the Rowan Public Library
Public Announcement ♦ Back by popular demand, Rowan Public Library is offering a free Computer Basics class monthly. Classes are hands-on and are free and open to the public. All classes are...
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The Confederate Prison at Salisbury, N.C.
RFP Staff ♦ Learn all about the Confederate Prison at Salisbury, N.C. through online access at the Edith Clark History Room at the Rowan Public Library:...
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Video: A Mayor’s Call for Prayers to Deliver His City from Drugs
YouTube/Mayor Williams of Huntington, West Virginia ♦ Steve Williams, mayor of Huntington, West Virginia makes a plea to area ministers to help deliver his city of drug addiction. He asks that...
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Cabarrus-Rowan MPO NCDOT Transportation Update (Road & Bridge Projects)
RFP Staff ♦ Cabarrus-Rowan MPO NCDOT Transportation Update (Road & Bridge Projects): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2E5Ew6OLdEla2xDWGhIYndPeEk/edit
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Robinette Tilley Remains in Critical Condition Early Monday Morning While...
RFP Staff ♦ As of early Monday morning Robinette Tilley, the wife of the Don Tilley who died in a tragic motorcycle accident on the Blue Ridge Parkway, remains in critical condition while undergoing...
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Is the Decaying Empire Hotel in Salisbury, N.C. Too Top Heavy with Costs to...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ A major eyesore for years on the South Main Street portal into Salisbury, N.C. is the decaying former flophouse the Empire Hotel not open to public since 1963. Ranked 2nd only...
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Kimono Japanese Restaurant in Salisbury Earns 5 Stars
Steve Mensing & the RFP Staff ♦ Yana Marentek, a hard-working businesswoman and owner of Kimono Japanese Restaurant on 1621 West Innes Street in Salisbury, N.C., is a native of Indonesia. Ms....
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