Mount Airy wins Great Main Street award
Mount Airy was winner of the 2012 People's Choice contest for Great Main Street in a "Great Places in North Carolina" initiative sponsored by the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association.
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/may/01/mount-airy-wins-great-main-street-award-ar-2230620/
Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:40:17 -0700
Insteel Industries Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
MOUNT AIRY, N.C., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share on the Company's ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/insteel-industries-declares-quarterly-cash-180000817.html
Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:00 -0700
Main streets in Mount Airy, other NC cities recognized
North Carolinians voted Mount Airy’s Main Street the state’s favorite main street in a poll, winning a contest attempting to recognize great places in the state and quality city planning.
http://newsobserver.com/2012/05/01/2037102/main-streets-in-mount-airy-other.html
Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 18:14:39 -0700
Voters: The Best Main Street Is In This Triad Town
1,700 voters picked this town as their choice for the best main street in North Carolina.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=227232
Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 17:01:56 -0700
Great Main Street: Mt. Airy's downtown wins honor
Mount Airy's downtown has received a people's choice award, so to speak.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/foothills/Great-Main-Street-Mt-Airy-s-downtown-wins-honor/-/10626528/12389456/-/m28q2x/-/index.html
Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 11:30:55 -0700
Construction Continues at Mount Airy High School
The $3.5 million renovation and expansion project is nearing completion.
http://www.wxii12.com/Construction-Continues-at-Mount-Airy-High-School/-/9678472/12141852/-/rsqeklz/-/index.html
Published: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:10:55 -0700
Surry residents attend NAACP-led tour; local tea party protests
MOUNT AIRY -- Walter Walker seemed typical of local residents affected by poverty due to job loss or other factors who shared their stories Monday afternoon when a statewide bus tour swung through Mount Airy — as tea party members protested nearby.
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/may/01/surry-residents-attend-naacp-led-tour-local-tea-pa-ar-2228898/
Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 06:30:15 -0700
Wine festival draws attendance from all over NC
For the past 11 years, locals as well as North Carolinians from the Charlotte, Concord, Mooresville, Raleigh and Durham areas of the state have come to celebrate the wine culture of the Yadkin Valley.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/foothills/Wine-festival-draws-attendance-from-all-over-NC/-/10626528/13435396/-/6bo0ngz/-/index.html
Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:46:10 -0700
W-S Prep girls win 4x100 crown
Winston-Salem Prep showed its speed Saturday at N.C. A&T during the NCHSAA's Class 1-A outdoor track and field championships.
http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2012/may/13/wssport01-w-s-prep-girls-win-4x100-crown-ar-2273546/
Published: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:03:25 -0700
Willie Nelson to play in Pinnacle
Music legend Willie Nelson is scheduled to perform at the Jomeokee Park Amphitheater in Pinnacle on June 16. This is Nelson’s first, and possibly only, North Carolina performance for 2012.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/foothills/Willie-Nelson-to-play-in-Pinnacle/-/10626528/13396278/-/uujkdr/-/index.html
Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 06:45:53 -0700