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City board to discuss street safety issues
Streets will be the order of the day tonight when the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners meets at City Hall. During the 7 p.m. session, the board will consider one measure aimed at improving pedestrian safety at Reeves Community Center — an ongoing concern. Another will address a solution for traffic issues created on Park Drive with the opening of Chick-fil-A last fall nearby. DOT Help Sought Mount Airy officials are poised to seek ...
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Police briefs
• A Mount Airy woman turned herself in Monday evening at the city police station on felony charges that had been filed the day before in Stokes County. Jessica Marie Marchetti, 27, of 323 Millard Lane, is accused of obtaining property by false pretenses and receiving stolen goods. The offenses were issued through the King Police Department, but details regarding them were not listed in Mount Airy Police Department reports. Marchetti is free o...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>East Surry High School students honored for awards and certificates in Career Technology Education programs get punch and cookies at a reception in the school cafeteria. Board of Education members, school staff and School Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves formed prize patrols to recognize students in class.</p>
Students honored during Career Technology Education Month
Surry County Schools this week recognized the efforts of students during Career Technology Education Month with prize patrols at all three high schools for a second year. Members of the Board of Education, School Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves and Assistant Superintendents Dr. Terry Mosley and Charles Graham went to classrooms and congratulated students on certifications and awards earned. According to information from Director of Educa...
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<p>Rep. Sarah Stevens</p>
Stevens bares facts on ‘nipple ban’
RALEIGH — What began as a simple measure to redefine “private parts” in North Carolina law has made the state a butt of jokes nationwide, which a local lawmaker whose committee sponsored the legislation finds regrettable. House Bill 34, which defines a woman’s bare nipples as indecent — and the public exposure of them a felony — stemmed from a request by officials in Asheville after a topless protest occurred during a women’s rights rally i...
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<p>Submitted photo</p><p>Ethan McBride gets some help from family members as they prepare a billboard frame.</p>
McBride uses senior project to honor grandfather, warn peers
PILOT MOUNTAIN — When Ethan McBride was faced with the decision of choosing a senior project, his thoughts turned to his grandfather. And with the recent completion of that project, the East Surry senior has found an opportunity to pay tribute to his late grandfather while also sending an important message to his peers. As a child, McBride had grown especially close to his grandfather, Bobby Cromer. With both parents working full-time jobs,...
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