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From market stall to popular shop
The Elkin community has enjoyed the Saturday morning farmers market for two decades now, which is the Surry County Farmers Market group that also serves Mount Airy, Dobson and Pilot Mountain. Two Elkin businesses got their start at the market and now are now successful brick and mortar businesses in downtown Elkin. These two businesses are The Barking Coyote Kitchen, and The Barkery - Home of Melissa’s Natural Pet Treats. Barking Coyote started at the Elkin Farmers Market in 2011 selling blueberries, baked goods, and...
Forbush theater arts teaching position in limbo after Yadkin County Schools considered arts cuts
Denny Key, the principal at Forbush High School, believes you can’t have school without the arts. But earlier this year, Yadkin County Schools central office administrators proposed cuts to arts programs during allotment meetings with Key — and there was notable ambiguity surrounding who would teach theater arts classes at Forbush and Starmount high schools. Starmount High School has not employed a full-time theatre arts teacher since 2017, Kelsi Jester,...
Finding bargains means saving lives
Rummaging for a bargain at Pawsome Treasures allows for a bit of retail therapy while managing to leave inflation at the door. And purchases go to help a good cause — proceeds from the new Mount Airy thrift store are going to help offset costs of spay and neuter services as well as to help animal rescue and foster groups. Store co-owner Jodi Prince explained, “We’re a newly created non-profit;...
Willingham Performing Arts Academy to present Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr.
The Willingham Performing Arts Academy will present “Finding Nemo Jr.” on the Willingham Theater stage on July 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. and July 28 at 3 p.m. Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his...
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