
(by Chandler Inions, Salisbury Post, February 28, 2024)
Anyone in the North Fulton Street area last week likely caught the aroma of Brunswick stew in the air. The smell was coming from the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge’s annual Brunswick stew fundraiser. It’s the lodge’s largest fundraiser of the year and aids in many of the organization’s community outreach efforts. “We would like to do $20,000 in sales,” lodge member Tim Hopper said. “We figure we are going to sell probably between 3,000-3,500 individual servings.” Outside the lodge, a couple of Masons, including Tony Hager and Frank Mazzaro, were standing watch over massive cast iron cauldrons of the stew while lines of cars and hungry visitors awaited what was in store. The Masonic Lodge used to host the Brunswick stew dinner inside, but…
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