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By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Sara Tongel at Norris Merchandise, is a captain at Number 3 VFD and a sitting board member at Shanghai VFD. Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent If you don’t know Sara Tongel, you’ve more than likely seen or spoken to her if you have ever been to Norris Merchandise on S. Lafayette, just south of Shelby. “I'm Secretary of State,” she laughed, when asked what her title is, when it comes to Norris Merchandise. “We’re a small family bus

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Shanghai Fire Department, Shelby, NC. The new building being proposed will be built to the...