An auction is planned Sunday at Veterans Memorial Park in Mount Airy as a fundraiser for the facility struggling from the effects of the coronavirus.…
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Truck snags power line, causes major damage downtown
By The Citizen on July 22, 2020
Moore Avenue in downtown Mount Airy resembled a war zone, or one hit by a tornado, Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer snagged a utility line…
Revised parking plan OK’d for arts center
By The Citizen on July 20, 2020
Mount Airy officials once again have vigorously debated parking as it relates to plans for a new multi-purpose building sought by the Surry Arts Council,…
Banding together in tough times
By The Citizen on July 20, 2020
On Oct. 18, 1929, the ailing stock market started to slide. Years of low and stagnant wages in the midst of a top-heavy economic expansion,…
Helping the area’s homeless
By The Citizen on July 19, 2020
Sometimes the course of a person’s life — even the course of many lives — can be altered forever with just a handful of decisions.…
COVID trips up Rocks and Runs event
By The Citizen on July 17, 2020
The forces of fate have conspired to curtail a 13th-annual event that was to kick off the next United Fund of Surry campaign, and while…
Ousted Stuart statue sought for birthplace
By The Citizen on July 15, 2020
ARARAT, Va. — It’s been a rough summer for Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, especially his statue, but it could wind up in Ararat. The J.E.B.…
Officials keep wary eye on supplies
By The Citizen on July 15, 2020
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Surry County — with even more cases now anticipated this fall and winter — one health official said…
City home has been hit by fire before
By The Citizen on July 13, 2020
Mount Airy was filled with the sounds of cicadas in the trees and children in the yards on Saturday, June 13, 1908. Most people were…
Building relationships
By The Citizen on July 12, 2020
It is a vivid memory from Monique Farrell Smith’s childhood. “My dad, every month, would collect all the envelopes we’d received, from groups like the…