Michael Jury is “Out” as Head of Fibrant and Kent Winrich is “In” as...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ On November 20th we heard rumors from city employees that Michael Jury was resigning as the at-a-distance head the City of Salisbury’s troubled municipal fiber optic network....
View ArticleThe Major Issues of the 2015 Salisbury, N.C.’s City Council Election: Issue...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ An issue in 2015’s Salisbury city council election is the Salisbury Police Department’s ongoing record of civil rights violations and use of excessive force by a small number of...
View ArticleUpdated: Rowan County Government Transparency Page
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County Government Transparency Page: http://www.rowancountync.gov/GOVERNMENT/Departments/InformationSystems/Transparency.aspx
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Why Madison, Wisconsin is a Great Place to Live
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Here’s an article meant for my many friends in Salisbury, N.C. and Rowan County who are curious about where I’m living. My new home in Madison, Wisconsin is exemplary–a city...
View ArticleDaniel Real Alberran, 30, Career Car Thief, Arrested for Breaking into a Car...
RFP Staff ♦ According to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, Daniel Real Alberran, 30, a career car thief was arrested Wednesday on a charge of breaking into a car on the 100 block of Hallmark Circle in...
View ArticleSorry to Read Elsewhere that Fred’s Super Dollar Store will be Closing in...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ I was sorry to read elsewhere that Fred’s Super Dollar Store will be turning off the lights in Granite Quarry in December. Loved to go walking in Granite Quarry on that track...
View ArticleCharter, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and AT&T U-verse, DirecTV Megamergers...
CED Magazine ♦ Charter, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and AT&T U-verse, DirecTV Megamergers Back on Clock with FCC. Charter will run Time Warner Cable in the Carolinas which is a tremendous break...
View ArticleHOME ALONE: Life Saving Tips for Latchkey Kids in Salisbury, N.C. and Rowan...
RFP Staff/Yale Locks/Protect America ♦ Thousands of children are left home alone in Salisbury, N.C. and Rowan County because their parents work two jobs or their parents need be elsewhere for whatever...
View ArticleFound: Allen Anderson, 12, Missing Since Wednesday in Rowan County (Updated)
RFP Staff Updated: Found sleeping under neighbors porch. Is safe and was returned home. ♦ Allen Anderson, a 12 year-old boy, was reporting missing from his home Wednesday on the 1000 block of East...
View ArticleWARNING: Any Excessive Force Incident Could Let Loose a Firestorm in Cities...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ At this very moment police and law enforcement agencies across the United States need to be aware that an incendiary situation prevails in many urban areas of the United States....
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: Historic Salisbury Foundation Targets the Elderly and...
Gentrify This Salisbury! ♦ Historic Salisbury Foundation are at their game once again with a backdoor gentrification program to covertly buy homes from the elderly and the poor under the guise of being...
View ArticleAmber Alert Over: Allen Anderson, 12, of Rowan County is Safe and has been...
RFP Staff ♦ 12 year-old Allen Anderson of Kannapolis was found sleeping in a sleeping bag under a neighbor’s porch Friday and is back with his family. He is reportedly in good condition. The original...
View ArticleSmash and Grab Burglary at AT&T Cell Phone Store on Faith Road in Salisbury,...
RFP Staff ♦ Smash and grab burglary at the AT&T Cell Phone Store on Faith Road in Salisbury, N.C. in the wee early morning hours of Friday. The burglar broke out the glass door with a hammer before...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: Solutions for Republicans to Win in the Future
Dr. Ada M. Fisher ♦ The 2014 US election wave which saw significant GOP election gains caught most off guard including the victorious Republicans many of whom aren’t ‘attuned to the Heartbeats of...
View ArticleGary Robert Price, 24, Sex Offender on the Sheriff’s Office Most Wanted List,...
RFP Staff ♦ Gary Robert Price, 24, a registered sex offender on the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office’s Most Wanted List, was arrested in Stanly County by the Norwood Police on Thursday and transported to...
View ArticleThe Major Issues of the 2015 Salisbury, N.C.’s City Council Election: Issue...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ The central artery of Downtown Salisbury is Main Street with its scattered pockmarks of vacancies, decay, and decrepit buildings fit for bulldozing. The central artery serves as...
View ArticleRowan-Salisbury Board of Education to Meet Monday at 5 p.m. Newly Elected...
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education will meet at 5 P.M. at the Administrative Offices at 110 S. Long Street in East Spencer. On Monday newly elected school board members Travis Allen and...
View ArticleCould the “Tiny House Movement” Help Lift Salisbury, N.C. Out of Poverty?
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ In recent months I became aware of a growing cottage industry in the United States based on the “tiny house movement”. For those folks yet unaware of the tiny house movement...
View ArticleDecember 7th, 1941: Pearl Harbor–A Day of Valor
U.S. Naval Department Photographs ♦ The photographs here were among the most memorable taken during the early morning attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Throughout the Japanese...
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