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Mount Airy, North Carolina is located in Surry County. Zip codes in Mount Airy, NC include 27030, and 27031. The median home price in Mount Airy is $134,900. More Mount Airy information.

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City finally has mission statement

It's mission accomplished as far as developing the first-ever mission statement for the city of Mount Airy is concerned.

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Alzheimers Mount Airy walk raises awareness of disease

Volunteers Grant Cockerham, Jordana Coe, Madison Ramey and Dot Coe work to fill goody bags for North Carolina Alzheimer's Mount Airy Walk participants.

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Sun May 19, 2013

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Officer safety has been goal of Gordon's career

Dean Gordon stands outside the Center for Public Safety of Surry Community College with Administrative Assistant Sandy Wall.

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Sat May 18, 2013

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Postal food drive delivers record total

Totals for this year's food drive by local mail carriers were still being tallied at last report, but one thing is clear: a record amount was collected.

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Debate leads to delay on downtown mini-park

A debate between Mount Airy's commissioners surrounding whether the city is moving too fast, or too slow, on a downtown mini-park has resulted in a 3-2 vote not to authorize funding for it at present.

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Thu May 16, 2013

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Proposed city budget includes 2-cent tax cut

Mount Airy's preliminary budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, unveiled Thursday night, includes some good news for most everyone.

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Solar farm eyed for old city landfill site

For 30 years, land once occupied by a city landfill has sat unused, but that could be changing with plans for a solar farm at the site.

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Wed May 15, 2013

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Shenandoah Furniture to complete purchase of Mount Airy, N.C., plant

Manufacturer Shenandoah Furniture expects to complete the purchase of the former Henredon Furniture plant here by the end of June, according to a report in the Pilot Mountain News .

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City budget to be released Thursday

Mount Airy property owners will know the fate of their pocketbooks as it relates to the city budget after the 2013-2014 municipal spending plan is released Thursday night.

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Tue May 14, 2013

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An artist's rendering depicts the possible design of Dobson's new park.

The city of Dobson received a grant to build a new town park, worth just under a half a million dollars, $497,000, from The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund.

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Mon May 13, 2013

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A great staycation available here

OK, it's vacation-planning time. More than a few times I've heard people from elsewhere say what a gem is North Carolina come vacation time.

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Sun May 12, 2013

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Alzheimer's Walk set for next Sunday

More than 170,000 older adults in North Carolina have Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia, according to information released by the North Carolina Center for Health Statistics.

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Budbreak celebrates wine industry and community

Surry Community College President Dr. David Shockley was on hand as Amadour Winery & Vineyard President David Chaloupka presented Josh Willard with a full scholarship to the college's viticulture program for this semester.

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Sat May 11, 2013

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Fire strikes Chase & Charli restaurant

Mount Airy firemen work to contain the restaurant blaze at 1384 S. Main St. with the help of the city's ladder truck.

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Earline Parmon

The first African-American state senator from Forsyth County will be the guest speaker for the 48th-annual Freedom Fund Banquet in Mount Airy next Saturday.

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Thumbs up

To the local U.S. Postal workers taking part today in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

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Fri May 10, 2013

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With raffle tickets, let the buyer beware

My opinions about state-run lotteries have been voiced multiple times in this space.

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Surry group takes economic - field trip' to Raleigh

Eight Surry residents hit the road and headed east on Interstate 40 this week, but rather than a fun trip to the coast their destination was the state capital to seek economic help for the county.

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Thu May 09, 2013

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Significant' meth dealer charged

A Mount Airy woman has been charged with 20 drug violations as the result of a Surry County Sheriff's Office investigation of alleged methamphetamine trafficking in the North Franklin Road area.

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BLET facility to be named for slain officer

Like many of his associates, Sgt. Greg Martin, a former Mount Airy police officer, learned the ropes of his profession through local Basic Law Enforcement Training - but he shares a unique place in its annals.

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