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A new moon for reading
Buying the “New Moon” soundtrack the day it came out; devoting half of my Facebook statuses to the movie; standing in line, waiting to get good seats at midnight — this has been the story of my mo...
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Letters to The News
To the Editor, I am writing you in hope that you will publish my letter, and that those who practice such cruelty to animals will see themselves. I travel Red Brush Road daily. For the past week I...
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A fitting tribute
Earlier this week the Surry Arts Council dedicated the new Andy Griffith Museum building to the council’s executive director, Tanya Jones. We could not think of a more fitting tribute to Jones, n...
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Museum abounds with treasures
History was never a favorite subject of mine in school, at least until I reached college. Remembering dates and explorers and treaties and wars, none of those seemed to come very easy. I learned t...
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Holidays are time to share with others
Sunday marked the halfway point for the month of November, which means the holidays are quickly approaching. For many in our community, the holidays may not be a time of excited anticipation, but...
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Mayoral memories
As I approach the end of my term serving as Mayor for the City of Mount Airy, I believe it’s only natural to think back on some of the events that took place during my term in office. The difficul...
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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...
MORE OPINIONS
Letters to The News
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To the Editor, Of the statements attributed to Virginia Foxx in Saturday’s Mt. Airy news are correct then she either gave deliberately misleading answers or is a bare faced liar, you decide. She ...
Board should follow its own lead, open vacant seat to the public
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In the days following the Nov. 3 election of Deborah Cochran to the post of Mount Airy mayor, at least two city commissioners said they wanted to see Teresa Lewis, who lost the mayoral election, ap...
Volunteers important to Surry County
by Craig Hunter
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Our county-wide volunteer organizations are probably one of our county’s most important quality of life resources. Surry County is blessed with so many groups, organizations and people who give tir...
Letters to The News
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To the editor, On behalf of the Mount Airy Elks Lodge and Hope Valley Inc., I would like to personally thank Lt. VanHoy and other officers of the Mount Airy Police Department, Sgt. Bingman of the ...
Thumbs up
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To the North Surry High School construction and masonry classes and the local Lowe’s Hardware. A great partnership has been formed in North Surry’s and Lowe’s working together to improve facilities...
N.C. playoff system is an absolute joke
by Tom Joyce
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“We’re number one!” is what every high school football team wants to be able to say at the end of the season. But “we’re number 256!” somehow lacks the same ring. Yet 256 is exactly the number of ...
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