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Yellow Cab drives into Mount Airy
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Yellow Cab drives into Mount Airy
MOUNT AIRY — When Robert Disinger heard Yellow Cab was considering expanding, the former police officer thought it was a perfect opportunity to come out of retirement.

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Hardware store expands to meet needs
Originally published on January 12, 2010

Steve Testerman owns and operates Young's Nursery, Garden Center and Hardware Store on Woodville Road in Unionville. Testerman has built up the store and stock over the past several years and offers a hardware ranging from tiny rivets and fasteners to fine tools.

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  MORE MOUNT AIRY NEWS
  • Mount Airy council approves way to override mayor's firings
  • Virginia approves withdrawal of PATH application
  • Word-of-mouth helps contractor build business
  • Soccer team helps family through the holidays -- and rest of the year
  • Mount Airy may allow council to override mayor's ability to fire staff
  • Senior Calendar
  • Utility company seeks to withdraw PATH application in Virginia
  • Tour bus catches fire on I-70
  • Utility company files new application for PATH project
  • Problem becoming familiar for Lancers girls
  • Pyatt reflects on survey, motivated to serve town
  • SENIORS
  • Mount Airy Town Council reveals reasons for new president
  • Lancers bounce back by trouncing Falcons
  • Eagle Scout chose Mount Airy for project
  • Mount Airy mayor Pyatt resigns; replaced by councilman Helt
  • Speaks softly and runs right over you
  • Mount Airy kicks off Christmas celebration
  • Conner, Franks have mutual admiration
  • Great outdoors becomes the great dinner table
  • Bank robbery reported
  • Zwinak-led Lancers win
  • Senior Calendar
  • Area Religion News
  • Shops will focus on holiday sneak preview
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      QUICK FACTS
  • Town Hall: 110 S. Main St., Mt. Airy, MD 21771
  • Mayor: Peter Ramsey Helt
  • Town Council: Peter Ramsey Helt, Gary Nelson, Wendi Peters, David W. Pyatt, Chris Everich
  • Population: 8,761 (est. pop. 2008; Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau)
  • Year founded: 1894
  • Town meetings are held in the town hall on the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
  • Number to Know: Town Hall: 301-829-1424
  • On the web: www.mountairymd.org 
  • Landmarks: Mt. Airy museum, Berrywine Plantations/Linganore Winecellars, Elk Run Winecellars, Loew Vineyards
  • Discuss MOUNT AIRY in our forums
  •   DID YOU KNOW
  • Elected officials, a mayor and a five-member Town Council, serve four-year terms and are elected at-large.
  • Median sales price of recent home sales: From July-Sept '09 - $385,000 (Source: trulia.com)
  • Home to one of the longest railroad tunnels east of the Rockies. (Source: carr.org)
  •   MOUNT AIRY SCHOOLS
  • Elementary: Twin Ridge, Green Valley, Kemptown
  • Middle: New Market, Windsor Knolls
  • High: Linganore, Urbana
  • Private: Mt. Airy Christian Academy
  •   WHERE TO EAT IN MOUNT AIRY
  • At Dragonfly Farms, vinegar adds flavor to life
  • Dragonfly Farms
  • Olde Town Restaurant
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