Salisbury Post

5 days ago | salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan

Published 12:10 am Saturday, May 10, 2025 SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council approved its half of a non-annexation agreement with Spencer during a regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday. In 2022, the Rowan County Planning Department requested municipalities along the rapidly-developing Interstate 85 corridor to implement non-annexation agreements between the towns, which set definite “growth areas” for the town.

5 days ago | salisburypost.com | David Freeze

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 10, 2025 This is the continuation of last week’s column recapping Dave and Patty Shields on their cycling adventure from San Diego, California to St. Augustine, Florida. Dave Shields said, “The biggest highlight of our journey was the people. Beyond our fellow riders, who would do anything to help us keep going (fix a flat, loan tools, offer words of encouragement), the locals we interacted with were great.

5 days ago | salisburypost.com | Darrell Blackwelder

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 10, 2025 Many native flowering dogwood blooms are gone, however there is another interesting dogwood now in full bloom. Kousa is a showy flowering dogwood that leafs out before it flowers, providing a wonderful green backdrop for its colorful flowers. North Main Street in Salisbury has an excellent example of Kousa dogwoods now in bloom along the roadway.

6 days ago | salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan

Published 12:10 am Friday, May 9, 2025 SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council received an update on the South Main Area Plan, which will provide recommended zoning and land-use changes as well as plans for community amenities in the area between Horah Street and C Avenue. “South Main Street is not only a vital gateway into downtown, but also provides connection to many surrounding neighborhoods.

6 days ago | salisburypost.com | Robert Sullivan

Published 12:07 am Friday, May 9, 2025 SALISBURY — The members of the Salisbury City Council voted unanimously to extend the downtown parking plan for a year and make changes to the program including limiting people to one permit application, the separation of parking permits into residential and commercial and the addition of on-street parking for residential permits in certain areas.