Editorials

Mocksville right to close street for Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner. It’s my favorite holiday. No, I don’t really care about being scared. ...

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Should prescription medications be widely advertised?

I wonder if Richard Nixon would approve. He started the war on drugs, you know. If you spend ...

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Churches can still make a positive difference

From the N.C. Rural Center Churches are, and always have been, the backbone of rural North Carolina. Places ...

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Everyone talking about the weather

What time of the year is it? It’s so confusing these days. Is it summer? Is it fall? ...

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Music can bring back memories

It’s amazing how music can affect us. Just a line from a song can remind us of a ...

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More volunteers needed

Let’s hope that some of these programs requiring students to do some type of community service work as ...

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Mule Days a festival like no other

Yee haw. Yee haw. Clippity clop, clippity clop. I went to sleep hearing those sounds one weekend every ...

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‘Come and listen to a story …’

My apologies to Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and lovers of “The Ballad of Jed Clampitt” everywhere, but ...

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Town board members need to learn roles

Sarge Butters’ removal from the Mocksville Police Department created quite the stir. It wasn’t entirely necessary. The decision ...

Editorials

Leave manager’s residence in county

Mocksville town board members are considering annexing a residential lot about a half mile from the current town ...

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