I love names. What they mean, where they come from, and all they tell us about our family and communities. Our names are among the…
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Editor’s Note: Community Commentary is a new column in The Mount Airy News, featuring commentary from community leaders in Mount Airy and Surry County. Shopping…
In Isaiah 25:4 we hear, “You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the…
It sounds like a novel by John D. MacDonald, but this heist film is actually based on a 1971 book by MacDonald’s contemporary, Charles Willeford.…
Samuel Wesley Marion Jr., a blue-eyed boy with waves of dark brown hair, was born in Dobson on a chilly Oct. day 1918 — just…
It’s a common trope for a moviegoer to quip “The book was better.” But sometimes a movie gets it right. We got to thinking of…
Greetings, to each and everyone. I am truly honored to fellowship with all of you readers. I do hope you will enjoy the column. It…
We greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. I am honored to share the wonderful word with you. There is so much joy in…
As a boy I read “The Call of the Wild,” Jack London’s 1903 novel about a dog named Buck. Stolen and sold as a Yukon…