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Is a white Christmas something we really want?
... they want a white Christmas - which we almost never get in these parts. In case you're wondering, the last time Mount Airy had the white stuff at Christmastime was in 1981. But judging from various observations on Friday when this weekend's ... Comment?
... gift of coming clean this Christmas. Then watch as the healing starts. Meghann Evans is a staff reporter with The Mount Airy News. She can be reached at mevans@mtairynews.com or at 719-1952. WEATHER Comment?
Storm brings nearly 6 inches at supper time
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Mount Airy residents get in some last minute grocery shopping as the snow begins to blanket the ground on Friday afternoon. Comment?
Newspaper still being delivered
The Mount Airy News will still be publishing and delivering Saturday and Sunday editions of the newspaper. Comment?
City won't seek grant for firefighters
Mount Airy officials have decided not to seek a grant to hire nine extra firefighters, due to concerns about what might happen when that funding expires. Comment?
Bears soaking up the sun
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Talk about luck. Instead of hunkering down for the first snow storm of the winter, the Mount Airy Granite Bears boys basketball team left Friday for, get this, sunny Miami. Comment?
Lewis appointed to city board
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Mount Airy Commissioner Dean Brown, left, congratulates Teresa Lewis after she is appointed to fill a vacancy on the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners Thursday night slideshow Mount Airy business owner and former mayoral candidate Teresa Lewis was approved for a vacancy on the city board of commissioners Thursday night, receiving support from all ... Comment?
... a multi-jurisdictional industrial park in which the towns of Dobson, Pilot Mountain, Elkin and the city of Mount Airy would share the cost of development and share in the tax base as well." "We have had two clients look at properties in Elkin ... Comment?
... Even when people are struggling, they're willing to share. It's building hope." Payne said a church in Mount Airy, N.C., plans to donate one item from everyone's wish list; Laurel Elementary, Laurel Fork Clinic and a local Cub Scout troop have held ... Comment?
NTSB issues factual report on fatal N.C. crash that took off from Cedartown
... plane crashed Feb. 1, 2008, in northwest North Carolina, killing all six people on board. (Andy Matthews / The Mount Airy News) The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a new report on a 2008 fatal North Carolina crash of a plane that ... Comment?
Mount Airy s Jacob Smith, left, fights a South Stokes player for possession Thursday.
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Mount Airy's Jacob Smith, left, fights a South Stokes player for possession Thursday. Comment?
Turnovers and a poor night at the free throw line kept the Surry Runnin' Patriots boys out of the win column against Cabarrus Thursday, as the Runnin' Pats dropped 65-53. Surry was 13-of-25 from the free throw line and allowed Cabarrus to lengthen a 44-39 lead in the fourth quarter after foul trouble and time constraints forced the Patriots to ... Comment?
Sept. 11 Memorial official: Contractor has not been announced
... which has not been awarded the contract for setting the stone. Last Friday, North Carolina Granite Corp. of Mount Airy reported that its bid to provide the granite needed for the project was rejected in an e-mail from Port Morris Tile & Marble Corp. ... Comment?
Join the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History for an evening with North Carolina women during the Civil War. Comment?
Business inventory list update continuesMt. Airy Economic Development Commission meeting of Dec. 2
By TONYA M. LEE, Messenger staff As published Dec. 16, 2009 Economic Development Commission Chairman Andrew Williamson called the meeting to order, performed a roll call and presented the minutes from the October meeting which were unanimously approved. Comment?
Looking for sushi? You can now get it at the Main Street Plaza
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By TONYA M. LEE, Messenger Staff As published Dec. 16, 2009 Katana Japanese restaurant opened on Oct. Comment?
County opens bids for new elementary school
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... interested, and their base bids, are: Howard Shockey and Sons of Winchester, $15.6 million John S. Clark Co. of Mount Airy, N.C., $16.19 million Martin Brothers Contractors of Roanoke, $16.25 million Avis Construction of Roanoke, $16.54 million ... Comment?
Thursday December 17, 2009 6:30pm Join the Mount Airy Museum of Regional Historyfor an evening with North Carolina women during the Civil War. Comment?
East Surry's Kyle Shinault goes to the hole Tuesday.
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... - 62 EK 7-13-10-7 - 37 WEATHER Parkway Nursery & Garden Center 1720 N. Andy Griffith Pkwy. 214, 336-786-8876 Mount Airy Parkway Garden Center and Nursery has a long history of serving Surry County. The once largest Nursery on the east coast was ... Comment?
New PART lot to be built
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... on a new parking lot beside Big Lots that will completed in late March. "This lot should be a good addition for Mount Airy and should draw more riders. The lot will provide safe spaces for people to park while they are away at work during the day or ... Comment?