Robert Sullivan

CLEVELAND — The candy-catching umbrellas were out in numbers on Saturday as families lined Main Street for the Cleveland Christmas Parade. The parade, sponsored and run by the Cleveland Lions Club, was the 51st annual Christmas parade for the town. The parade was founded by the local Boy Scouts in 1972, and the Lions Club took […]

GRANITE QUARRY — Granite Quarry hosted the annual Christmas at the Lake festival on Saturday, and this year brought more attendees, a larger festival of trees and a larger footprint for the event. The full festival has been held at Granite Lake Park on North Salisbury Avenue since 2021, said Events Coordinator Debbie Loflin-Benge, but the […]

SALISBURY — Long-time former Rowan County deputy and police officer and former Senior Auditor William “Andy” Downs has been named the director of auditing and fleet management for Rowan County. “I’m excited for the new opportunity with Rowan County and looking forward to seeing what the future holds,” said Downs. Downs has worked for the […]

CHINA GROVE — Don Bringle retired in early December after over 20 years at the head of Rowan County Parks and Recreation, a time which has seen the opening of Woodleaf Park and a multitude of renovations to other parks throughout the county. During that time, Bringle also served the county as director of facilities […]

SALISBURY — Over the past five years, Blue Collar Cycle Company has donated over $22,000 worth of toys to Powles-Staton Funeral Home’s Operation Toy Soldier. On Monday, over a dozen bicycles and other toys geared at older children received an escort from the business on Old West Innes Street to the funeral home. The funeral home […]

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FAITH — Ever since joining the Faith community earlier this year as owners of M & K’s Trolley Espresso, owners Mabel and Karina Jacome have truly become members of the small-town community. That continued this December with the “Christmas at the Trolley” event, which brought school groups and families to downtown Faith for carols and […]

SALISBURY — In Carl “Chip” Short’s law office on North Main Street, there are the photos of his family, with his daughter’s wedding displayed the most prominently. If you were to look for just Short himself, however, there are only two on the wall, a newspaper article from when Rowan-Cabarrus Community College named its atrium after […]

SALISBURY — If there was an event held in downtown Salisbury for the past six years, Latoya Price was most likely behind the scenes and behind the controls. However, the Downtown Salisbury events coordinator who was instrumental in making events such as the Cheerwine Festival and Wine About Winter happen has moved on to a new […]