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Official Statements from Mayor and City Manager Regarding Fame Statue

Statement from City of Salisbury Mayor Al Heggins
In light of the Fame statue being vandalized again, we as community members are faced with an important choice to make; will we take the high road or the low road. I’m asking we make the choice to take the high road. Clearly, there are forces at work to set an old and unresolved disagreement about this statue on fire.
 
I believe Salisbury residents are strong enough, smart enough and resilient enough to not fall into this nasty trap. It is regretful when any person or group feels the need to engage in vandalism. It’s much more productive to have deliberative discourse. Let’s use our positive energies and brain power to collaboratively address our differences of opinion regarding Fame.  

 

Statement from City of Salisbury City Manager W. Lane Bailey:
For the second time in a matter of months, the Fame statue in Salisbury has been defaced. This act of vandalism is uniquely disturbing and does nothing more than drive a wedge between neighbors in our community. In addition, city staff was made aware of an alarming incident this morning near the Fame statue, involving a local resident and member of the media. The City does not condone either incidents that occurred overnight and this morning.   

 

Regardless of the frustrations among our residents, an already sensitive situation has become even more challenging. We call for civility during this trying time, no matter your stance.


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Hannah Jacobson
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Current COVID-19 Restrictions

Executive Order 185:

  • Lifts the Modified Stay at Home Order established under Executive Order 181
  • Still requires face coverings in all public indoor settings
  • Allows many businesses to operate at 50% capacity
  • Extends onsite service of alcohol until 11 p.m.
  • Lifts the 100-person cap on some businesses that were operating at 30% capacity
  • Allows some indoor businesses – including bars and taverns, indoor amusement parks, movie theaters and indoor sports arenas – to open at 30% capacity (with a cap of 250 people)
  • Allows larger indoor arenas with a capacity of more than 5,000 people to open at 15% capacity with no cap (as long as additional safety protocols in place)
  • Increases the indoor mass gathering limit to 25 people (the outdoor mass gathering limit remains at 50 people)

Each of these routes arrives and departs from the central Transfer Site on Depot St. Any bus you board can take you to the Transfer Site. Any member of the public may ride on the bus. The buses do not operate on holidays.

Please note that the last time listed for a stop indicates the last bus will be traveling to that location and no further transfers are available.


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