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Another casino night around the corner
The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is set to hold its major fundraiser next week. On Sept. 17 the museum will hold its fifth-annual Casino Royale night at Cross Creek Country Club. The event...
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• A Pinnacle man was arrested Tuesday at Walmart on charges of larceny and possession of stolen property, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. Daniel Benjamin Keathley, 25, of 160 Sam...
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Fargo to be parade grand marshal
Santa Claus won’t be the only special guest for the upcoming Mount Airy Christmas Parade, which also will feature a Grammy-winning country music/pop legend as grand marshal. Singer-songwriter Donna...
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Mayberry Days notables to be plentiful
No genie — Barbara Eden — will be coming out of the bottle again for Mayberry Days in Mount Airy later this month, but organizers say the event’s celebrity lineup will still be magical. One of the...
View ArticleShred-it event a chance to dispose of documents
Blue Ridge CareNet Counseling will be offering a free document shredding service for the community on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, where individuals can shred confidential papers and other documents....
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East Surry planning new fieldhouse
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry is planning a new fieldhouse across the road from its campus. East Surry has limited space on its main grounds, so the baseball, softball and tennis teams play on the other...
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Surry County man jailed on sex crimes involving minor
DOBSON — A Superior Court judge delivered a split sentence to a Lowgap man convicted of sex crimes against a minor in a hearing Wednesday, meaning he’ll spend eight months of active jail time, along...
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Operation Manic Monday bust nets conviction
DOBSON — Joseph Craig Tilley made a lot of changes in the two-year gap between selling meth to undercover officers and when he was charged with the crime. The Cana, Virginia, resident met and married...
View ArticleFree smoke alarms, training offered Monday evening
A smoke alarm installation training will be held on Sept. 12 at First Baptist Church Mount Airy at 6 p.m. Alarms will be distributed first to those who have registered. Register by going to the North...
View ArticleIt’s official — August was wet
Those who had a feeling August was wetter than usual now have an official confirmation of this due to the latest statistical report from Mount Airy’s F.G. Doggett Water Plant. It revealed that last...
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View ArticleBluegrass tradition to be highlighted
Old-time music aficionados are in for a treat this weekend at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History’s monthly History Talks event. At 2 p.m. on Sunday the museum will play host to Penny Parsons, a...
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Latin fest returning to Dobson
DOBSON — After a successful event in 2015, a second Latin Festival is planned in Dobson. The town’s Latin Festival will take place on Saturday at Dobson Square Park. The event begins at noon and will...
View ArticleFocus changing for Project Lazarus
Since being organized in 2011, Project Lazarus in Surry County has exclusively attacked the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and misuse — and the overdose deaths it causes — but that’s...
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• A Mount Airy man was jailed under a $25,000 secured bond after his arrest Monday on 10 charges — including drug, assault and other violations, according to city police department reports. Donald Gray...
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Fun harvested at farming event
DOBSON — At age 6, Davis Seivers of Pilot Mountain has plenty of time to choose a career field, but he has shown an early interest in corn production. With a vast array of farm machinery, livestock,...
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‘Smoke on the Mountain’ opens Saturday
The ever-popular “Smoke on the Mountain” returns to the Andy Griffith Playhouse this week. The show opens on Saturday Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. and additional presentations are Sunday at 3 p.m. and Monday at...
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The following titles have been received at the Mount Airy public library, and are available for checkout: The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke, fiction Texas Tall by Janet Dailey, fiction The Revolving...
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