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A female pedestrian walking her dog on North Main Street in Mount Airy was injured by a hit-and-run driver, who also struck another vehicle and a utility wire. ....
April 08, 2021 A Mount Airy woman was among four individuals recently arrested and charged with drug trafficking-related expenses in two separate cases, according to Surry County Sheriff Steve C. Hiatt. Summer Raine Johnson, 25, of 158 Smith Landing Road, Mount Airy, Maurice T. McCallum, 37, of 4420 Greenry Lane, Green Sea, South Carolina, were both arrested following a recent traffic stop, the sheriff said in a written statement. The sheriff also said two other individuals, Melissa Ann Wilmoth, 39, of 157 Railroad Lane, Thurmond, and Christopher William Scott, 36, of 101 Riverside Drive, Wilkesboro, were arrested on March 24 and charged after a traffic stop. In the first case, involving Johnson and McCallum, the sheriff said the narcotics divisions of his office and the Mount Airy Police Department were conducting surveillance in the White Plains area after receiving complaints about illegal drug distribution there. ....
April 14, 2021 During February, eighth-grade students at Gentry Middle School embarked on a project to bring the story of a notable Black person, past or present, to the forefront. Individually, students chose the person or group they intended to research for the project. English/Language Arts (ELA) teachers Christie Robertson and Kaela Rodgers presented their students with a unit on research that not only taught them research skills but sparked an interest in the importance of the contributions of black people who impacted American history many years ago as well as those who continue to impact history today. Robertson said, “Through research, students discovered past cultures as well as historical events and became more aware of how black people like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King impact our lives today.” ....
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By Kate Rauhauser-Smith A mining industry publication in 1927 stated the Mount Airy quarries employed more than 750 people with a payroll of $900,000 a year. The craftsmen turned out ornate pieces and building blocks in several finishes but, by far, the more common products have been more mundane items such as street curbing. Concrete curbs deteriorate in a few years in harsh northern winters where salt and the freeze-thaw cycle are constant. Granite is impervious to such destructive forces. A large group of quarry workers are pictured here in 1914 in one of the cutting sheds. The US Census records show the impact the quarry had on regional diversity with significant clusters of residents born in European mining centers around the quarry. Carving rock is a specialized skill that takes decades to master. Three of the best known are pictured here in the 1940s. From left are Marcelino San Emeterio, who was born in Santander, Spain; Vincenzo “Big Jim” Alfano, from Salerno ....