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Carroll County Annual Music Festival scheduled for July 27
The Arts are well known for lifting one’s spirits. The upcoming Carroll County Annual Music Festival will aid something uplifting... namely the elevator in the Historic Hale-Wilkinson-Carter Home. The festival is scheduled for July 27 from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hillsville Farmers Market Pavilion Stage located...
Carroll County Month End Deeds of Partition and Conveyance
This is a listing of recent Carroll County Circuit Court’s County Month End Deeds of Partition and Conveyance. The following listings were recorded on June 11 to June 18, 2024 and list record grantor, grantee, consideration (if any) and type, as space allows in this edition of The Carroll News. June 11:Sutphin, Rebeca A to Lauer, Roderick, $151,000, Deed of Bargain and Sale. Bunton, Wayne G to Mason, Eugene, $55,000,...
Sale of Park & Ride lot may free county from PART
County officials may be cautiously optimistic about the prospect of a final exit from the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) following the sale of one of the park and ride lots. Last week Mount Airy agreed to purchase the former park and ride lot at 1334 Carter Street in Mount Airy, attached to the Big Lots shopping center, consisting of more than 200 spaces for a price tag of $145,000, using funds from the state that had previously been allocated to the city. ...
'Project Vista' still hovering on horizon
There’s still no word from an unnamed local company as to whether it will remain in Mount Airy after being granted a generous incentive package including the donation of 25 acres of land at Westwood Industrial Park. Such an announcement had been anticipated in early July by officials including Surry County Economic Development Partnership (EDP) President/CEO Blake Moyer. “We’re still in the same situation we were a couple of weeks...
Pilot voters have new polling place
Americans this November will be tasked once more with the earnest job of choosing who will represent them in Washington, D.C., the General Assembly in Raleigh, and in town halls across Surry County. The Surry County Board of Elections has announced a small change to the process that will affect some county voters. Surry County Director of Elections Michella Huff notified the county administration and residents of a precinct change...
New materials available at Carroll Public Library
The Carroll County Public Library has a number of new books in for patrons to enjoy. Among those are: “Finding God’s Will for Your Life: Discovering the Plans God Has for You,” by Joyce Meyer “Woodworking: The Complete Step-By-Step Manual,” by Alan Bridgewater “How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to...
Housing Consortium hosting public hearing
The Surry County Housing Consortium (SCHC) has planned a public hearing to receive comments from residents on their 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan. The group said the purpose of the Annual Action Plan is to specify how the SCHC will address housing and community needs for the use of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, at the Historic Courthouse, Room...
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