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Library’s summer reading program under way

Library’s summer reading program under way

The following is a press release from the Montgomery County Public Library. The Montgomery County Public Library is conducting a reading program for Pre-K to adults through Aug. 31, and participants have a chance to win all sorts of prizes. You can register online...
Scholarships awarded

Scholarships awarded

Friends In Focus awarded college scholarships this year to the following Montgomery County high school seniors:  Julius Wilson received the Susie Leake Little Scholarship for $1,000. Julius ranked 18th in his class at West Montgomery High School with a weighted GPA of...
#momwithbigdreams: Have the courage to be disliked

#momwithbigdreams: Have the courage to be disliked

Editor’s note: The author, lawyer Brooke McIntosh Crump, is “a mom with big dreams” in Mt. Gilead and writes bi-weekly for the Speckled Paw Times. I have a friend. She’s thoughtful and kind. Her husband shares many of her admiring qualities. I have never met anyone...
Police chief: More public security cameras on the way

Police chief: More public security cameras on the way

After a couple of strange incidents downtown over the weekend – someone fired multiple shots from a BB gun (or something similar) at Brown’s Hardware’s windows, and the glass door at A&J’s Hunting-n-Fishing was smashed  – the town’s police department has been...
Part 7: It is finished. Now, come see us!

Part 7: It is finished. Now, come see us!

Editor’s note: Jeff and Linda Cathcart recently bought the old Pee Dee Presbyterian Church outside Mt. Gilead and are converting it into their home. Through weekly installments, they’re updating Speckled Paw readers on their progress; below is the sixth and final part...