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The ladies of the Northwest Regional Library pose for a photo. From left to right are Mount Airy library board member Hattie Brintle, Caroline Freeman of Charles H. Stone Memorial Library, Director of the Northwestern Regional Library System Joan Sherif, Mount Airy Branch Manager Rana Southern, Stone Library Branch Manager Anna Nichols, and Town of Pilot Mountain Commissioner and Stone Library advisory board member Rachel Collins.
Franklin Elementary fifth grade students headed to Virginia Tech
Four fifth graders from Franklin Elementary School have been accepted into the Summer Enrichment Experience at Virginia Tech (SEE VT). This is a residential week-long camp on VT’s campus. Paisley Montgomery, Jasmine Snow, Sami Raya, and Dylan Ramirez Torres were all chosen for the program. Judges said that these students “stood out in a very competitive pool of applicants. We are proud of you,” school officials said. ...
Sheriff's Office to auction surplus items
The board of commissioners gave their approval Monday to allow the Surry County Sheriff’s Office to dispose of surplus assets via an auction. As is usually the case with such auctions, Mount Airy’s Rogers Realty & Auction Co. Inc., will oversee listing the items and conduct the sale. Major Scott Hudson clarified that this is not an auction of property seized during investigations or that has been sitting in an...
'Women in Old-Time Music' exhibit to open
For Immediate Release May 8th, 2024 Museum to Feature New Traveling Exhibit Perhaps nothing is identified with Surry County more than its place in old time music history, and now the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History will be focusing on the role of women in that musical genre with its new exhibit, “I’ve Endured:...
Talk a walk on the dark side: Ghost tours resume
“They’re back.” For fans of the Poltergeist horror movie series, that simple declaration may send a few chills up and down the spine. That reaction might be appropriate with the return of a popular local other-worldly activity as well. The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History’s ghost tours have returned, with local guides taking hearty...
A trip to the strawberry field on a May Morning
Mother’s Day heralds the start of the strawberry harvest season. In Surry, Stokes, and Yadkin counties, the pick-your-own fields are filled with red berries and white blooms. The season will last for all of May and a week or so into June. You can pick your own berries or purchase berries by the gallon bucket already picked. The environment in a strawberry patch on a warm May morning is an unforgettable event with the fragrance of strawberries and honeysuckles in the air and the songs of birds in the trees. Whether you pick or buy already harvested strawberries, the trip...
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