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Rat infestation leads to abatement order on Galax Trail
Six months have passed since members of county staff descended on a residence at 791 Galax Trail in Mount Airy to conduct a series of environmental samples. They were on site after repeated complaints had been made regarding a large number of animals being kept at the residence and the prevalence of vermin on the lot, resulting in the lot being declared a nuisance by county officials. The results of the investigation were returned last month, and Surry County served notice to Crystal and Jenna...
Ericca Latza to headline July 4 parade
A young woman from Mount Airy who is making a name for herself in country music has been selected as grand marshal for the upcoming Fourth of July Parade here. Ericca Latza will fill that role when the annual procession rolls through the downtown area shortly after 11 a.m. on July 4. Motorized units are scheduled to leave Veterans Memorial Park on West Lebanon Street at that time, with parade...
Mountain Park music teacher earns grant
Mountain Park Elementary teacher Susan Marshall recently earned a grant for “The Ukulele Project.”. She applied for the grant, whose formal name is “The Ukulele Project, Completed and Sustained,” to allow the school’s music department to have a full class set of ukes, straps to protect the instruments from damage, extra strings, and tuners.
The SteelDrivers bring progressive bluegrass to BRMC on June 15
GALAX — Grammy-winning bluegrass group The SteelDrivers and folk trio The Wilder Flower will perform as part of the Deep Roots, Many Voices: Summer Outdoor Concert Series at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 15, at the Blue Ridge Music Center’s outdoor amphitheater on the Blue Ridge Parkway just south of Galax, Va. The SteelDrivers have become one of the biggest names in progressive bluegrass since making their debut in 2008. Band members Tammy Rogers (fiddle, vocals), Richard Bailey (banjo), Mike Fleming (bass), Brent Truitt (mandolin), and...
Music in the Mountains
On Saturday evenings, the stage of the Blue Ridge Music Center is lit by late evening summer sunsets that give way to velvet black skies studded with stars, as songs echo through the hills and hollers along the Parkway at Fishers Peak. The first three of the center’s 14 shows...
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