Dobson News

During its meeting Monday night, the Surry County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a fiscal year 2013-14 budget, one that requires no tax increase.

News item: Guilford and Alamance counties are looking at redrawing their common border using modern technology to make sure they've got it just right.

The Woodbox is located at 108 S. Carolina Ave. in Boonville. It is open Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. "My mom and dad built Little Brothers Seafood restaurant in Dobson years ago," Cindy Hicks said.

The Surry County Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves have named DeAnne Danley the new principal at White Plains Elementary School.

At the end of its meeting Monday night, the Surry County Board of Commissioners is expected to recess and reconvene on June 24, when it will hold a public hearing on a proposal to disband the governing body of the county's Department of Social Services and merge the department with the county's health department.

Equipment, wire, tools and other property valued at nearly $4,500 were reported stolen Wednesday as a result of two separate incidents in Mount Airy.

The Surry Community College volleyball team will hold a volleyball camp beginning Monday, July 15 until Thursday, July 18 at the Surry Community College gym on the Dobson campus.

Just days before a scheduled public hearing on next year's proposed $71.5 million county budget, there was plenty of head-scratching going on in Dobson Monday night as members of the county's board of commissioners looked for ways to prevent a two-cent property tax increase.

Wanted: Volunteers who can do a little investigative work to locate people who are owed unclaimed cash by the state.

Surry Community College is enabling qualified high school juniors and seniors to get a jump-start on their college education at a price their parents will love.

Surry County Schools announced this week new administrative assignments for the 2013-14 school year, with a couple of changes still to come.

The Surry County Schools Board of Education approved all items on the agenda during the monthly board meeting, including annual plans for Career and Technical Education, the ESL Program, and the AIG Plan Revision.

As is always the case this time of year, local residents and businesses have been watching area governments deliberate their respective budgets for fiscal year 2013-2014. In recent years the county and municipal governments have, overall, done a commendable job in keeping tax rates stable even as financial pressures mount.

Outgoing social services Director Wayne Black, front row on right, and the county's Board of Commissioners are pictured with the sisters of the late Leslie Eldridge, who died last year following a long career with the department.

The Surry County Board of Commissioners is expected to get its first look at next year's proposed budget next week.

Surry Community College will help people learn how to save money for repairs and improvements by teaching them how to do it themselves.

A photo of Clarence Henderson from the Feb. 2, 1960 Greensboro News & Record. The caption which appeared with the photo read: Students Begin Movement: Four A&T College students sat down without being served at the luncheon counter of F.W. Woolworth Co.

Senior chorus members perform a special song with soloists Alex Fowler, left, Damon Atkins on guitar, and Cameron Tolley, right.

Deputies from the Surry County Sheriff's Office arrested Jonathan Lee Holyfield, 31, of 201 Boaz Lane, Mount Airy, along with two other Surry County residents on Tuesday.

This year 355 students received a two-year associate degree, a one-year diploma, or a certificate.