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To the North Surry High School volleyball team. The girls are playing today in the state championship volleyball match in Raleigh. To the Surry Central and Mount Airy cross-country runners. The ru...
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A quiet day in Rockford
Have you ever driven down a road and wondered what it looked like 200 years ago? Was it a simple dirt path that farmers traveled along in their wagons to get to town? Was there even a road there? ...
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Triad Flight of Honor — a guardian’s perspective
My mom always taught me that learning is everything, and, on Oct. 28, I got a history lesson of a lifetime. I had the honor of being a guardian on the second Triad Flight of Honor, and now that I’...
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Elections are behind, now is time to look to future
It would be easy for residents of Mount Airy and Dobson to wonder about Tuesday’s election results, at least the mayoral races in those two municipalities. In Mount Airy, there was the problem of...
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Another firm coming to Mount Airy
Tuesday brought positive economic news to Mount Airy and Surry County with the announcement that Catalina Tempering will open a facility expected to employ 20 people. Both the city and county work...
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Thanking volunteers for their time, service
Traveling around Surry County has become a weekly pastime for me during the past few weeks. I’ve been visiting one or two fire departments in the county each week to take group photos for the week...
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EDITORIALS
Preventing forest fires — it’s truly up to you
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Saturday night, local forestry and fire officials were called to Pilot Mountain, where a small fire was burning. Although fighting the blaze was difficult because of the steep and rocky terrain, wo...
Land preservation a vital job
by John Peters
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Oftentimes, the major headlines of the day push important work to the background. Nationally, the struggling economy, the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the recent elections have capture...
New insurance law more governmental intrusion
by John Peters
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The North Carolina General Assembly, in its seemingly endless wisdom, enacted a law last year requiring motorists to carry coverage protecting them if they are in an accident with an uninsured moto...
New insurance law more governmental intrusion
by John Peters
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The North Carolina General Assembly, in its seemingly endless wisdom, enacted a law last year requiring motorists to carry coverage protecting them if they are in an accident with an uninsured moto...
Annual ritual comes full circle; Carlin would be proud
by Tom Joyce
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It’s often said that people don’t recycle enough — especially here in Mount Airy — but I must take offense with that notion. In fact, we have just completed a recycling project of major proportion...
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by John Peters
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To Dr. Glenn Golaszewski and Mountain Valley Hospice for holding a public health care meeting to see what message area residents wanted to send to president-elect Barrack Obama regarding changes in...
LETTERS
Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, Along with about 30 percent of registered voters in Mount Airy, I voted in Tuesday’s mayoral election, and I was eager to hear the results. But I had an important Board meeting for ...
Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, My vote is not for sale to the candidate who spends the most money; is yours? Next Tuesday is election day and we citizens need to elect Deborah Cochran as our new Mayor. She is tr...
Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, I am a former employee of the town of Dobson and would like to address the issue all the candidates in the upcoming election seem to be ignoring. I have read the recent articles “...
Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, By now everyone should know our city election is this Tuesday (11/3), and we have an important choice between two candidates for Mayor. I strongly support Deborah Cochran as the bes...
Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, It is upsetting and confusing that Our community has allowed Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare to terminate its program that helps pay for patients with no insurance recieve vital me...
Letter to the Editor
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To the Editor, You have to wonder why, both the residents and business, in and around Dobson, won’t have the water and sewer projects they need because the county commissioners say they have no mo...
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Letters to The News
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To the editor, I would like to thank all the people who came out to support Toys for Tot at the Wal-Mart location in Mt. Airy on Friday on October 30th. Many people think that they have always bee...
Happy Election Day to all, and to all a good Thanksgiving
by Morgan Wall
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Well, Halloween is now over so I guess it is time to start thinking about Christmas, right? If we left it up to the retailers, the holiday season would skip from Valentine’s Day to Easter to the...
Flight of Honor a long overdue thanks
by John Peters
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If you’ve been reading The Mount Airy News over the past week, you know three area men — Carroll Wagoner, Ed Reynolds, Otto Langhurst — were among the 201 World War II veterans who went on the Tria...
Election is time to make your voice heard
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In two days voters in Mount Airy, Dobson, and Pilot Mountain will have the chance to cast a ballot and select who will be among the towns’ elected leadership for the next few years. Mount Airy h...
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To all of the candidates running for office in Mount Airy, Dobson, Pilot Mountain, across the border in Virginia, and in all the area communities. No matter whether these candidates are seeking of...
Wishing for an election turnout close to 100 percent
by Tom Joyce
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By now, everyone in Mount Airy should know there is a city election on Tuesday — with the possible exception of those who have been in a cave for the last six months, or in outer space. But being ...
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