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HAMLET — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson got a firsthand look at how local industries directly benefit from the programs offered at Richmond Community College during a tour of the campus Wednesday morning.

Led by college President Dr. Dale McInnis, Hudson, R-Concord, first visited the Richmond Early College program, which was ranked as the 73rd-best high school in the state by Niche in early 2015 and ranked 247th by Newsweek in September of 2014.

The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce’s 90th annual Gala Meeting was a sold-out event Thursday, Jan. 28, evening at the historic Salisbury Depot featuring Gov. Pat McCrory as its keynote speaker.

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx also attended. Title sponsorship was provided by Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.

GRANITE QUARRY — In Granite Quarry, the postman rings twice, or three or four times.

To mark, even celebrate a new way letters and parcels can be addressed in Granite Quarry, Mayor Bill Feather and U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., helped in the delivery of mail to four different businesses Friday afternoon.

Leah Morgan, one of four carriers out of the Salisbury Post Office who deliver to addresses in this area, actually delivered the mail to the Hot Dog Shack, Crescent Construction, Slice of Heaven Pizza and the East 52 Auto Care Center.

HAMLET — Richmond County Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Citizen of Year winner Dennis Holloway arrived in style Thursday night as a police escort led his limo to the Cole Auditorium.

Richmond County Sheriff James Clemmons Jr. told Holloway when he walked into the lobby, “I’m the sheriff, and I don’t even get a police escort. You must know somebody.”