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The City of Salisbury will operate on a limited schedule in observance of Good Friday, Friday, March 30.

The Salisbury City Council has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed lease of the city’s Fibrant broadband fiber network. The hearing will begin at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 217 S. Main St.

To commemorate the launch of Cheerwine’s second century, the City of Salisbury and Cheerwine are teaming up to host a Cheerwine-themed festival.

The free event will take place on Saturday, May 19, in downtown Salisbury from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cheerwine fans will enjoy cold Cheerwine, live music, great Southern food, shopping for Cheerwine merchandise, family-friendly activities, a beer garden and local craft vendors.

The Salisbury Police Department recently uploaded its 2017 Annual Report to its city webpage at salisburync.gov/SPD. The report, featuring the department’s maxim of “Every neighborhood has an officer and every officer has a neighborhood,” is a first for the department.

The annual cemetery cleanup is scheduled for March 12-16 in preparation for the seasonal cemetery mowing in early April. Residents are asked to remove flowers, gifts and other mementos off of their plots before Monday, March 12. Anything on plots during the week of March 12-16 will be removed and discarded.

Three members of the Salisbury-Rowan community were awarded Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (EDK) Awards for their contributions to improving human relations in the areas of education, employment, housing, industry, business, civic, church, advocacy and community service.

Herman Peterson, Tonya Cross and Melissa Summers were honored by their peers at the EDK Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, Feb. 22.