There are summer camps and then there are summer camps — most offering activities such as swimming or hiking and educational programs — but one…
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Outdoor parks add to quality of life
By The Citizen on July 19, 2021
Nothing says summer quite like a visit to a local park. The open space, recreational areas, and abundant nature serve to revitalize the spirit and…
City council seeking applicants for open seat
By The Citizen on July 18, 2021
After a lengthy debate on how best to fill a vacancy on the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners, city officials have decided to rely on…
Blood needed to ease summer shortage
By The Citizen on July 16, 2021
Unlike people, the demand for blood doesn’t take a vacation during the summer — but is business as usual and then some this year due…
City to ponder use of federal COVID funds
By The Citizen on July 16, 2021
Mount Airy officials have not determined possible uses for an estimated $2.9 million eyed for the city through federal stimulus funding to help localities around…
Man gets 20-year sentence in stabbing
By The Citizen on July 15, 2021
STUART, Va. — The 2019 stabbing of an Ararat resident, who was hospitalized in Winston-Salem with life-threatening wounds, has led to a 20-year term being…
Young entrepreneur running cool summer business
By The Citizen on July 14, 2021
Earlier this year, with temperatures beginning to rise and summer quickly approaching, Jay Wright was among the many local youths who began to dream of…
No changes for next cruise-in Saturday
By The Citizen on July 14, 2021
Mount Airy’s second cruise-in of the season is set to roll into town Saturday, but no changes are planned despite some complaints registered after the…
The legacy of a Mountain Midwife
By The Citizen on July 12, 2021
“The Forest was green when I was a-born and I’m green yet.” Of the 469 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 189.1 boasts a…
Mentors sought for local youth program
By The Citizen on July 11, 2021
With all the well-documented harm caused to children by COVID-19 — including not attending school and being denied social contact — positive impacts did occur…