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Dinwiddie Teen Expo held at RBC
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The 2015 Buy Fresh Buy Local is now available! Download here to find farms and fresh food right here in the region. 
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Mitchell, Wiggins & Company is a locally owned regional firm with 11 partners with over 35 Certified Public Accountants, and team of bookkeeping professionals. The firm is over 60 individuals including the administrative and technology teams. With more than 65 years of accounting experience, the Firm services a wide range of clients primarily in central Virginia, but also has provides services to our clients with operations in other states.  

 

    

May 1 through Nov. 20, Surry County will be hosting the Surry Farmer's Market Fridays from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. located across School Street from the Government Center.

The market will provide access to fresh and healthy goods while providing a vehicle to local producers to market their farm-produced goods. The market will have a single point of sale for SNAP/credit/debit card purchases from multiple vendors. SNAP benefits can be used to purchase meat and dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, canned goods and baked goods.

The market will include nutritional education and cooking demonstrations through Surry County Cooperative Extension and other contributing agencies. Fun family activities will be planned for market dates and performing artists will be scheduled to entertain. Conducting the market on Friday afternoons will enable shoppers to patronize more than one local market. Click here for more information.
After 50 Years, DuPont Continues to Develop Kevlar
 
John Reid Blackwell |Richmond Times-Dispatch | Full Story  

Kevlar is a name that has become synonymous with lifesaving products.

  

The material has gained fame for its use in body armor, which is credited with shielding more than 3,000 law enforcement officers and an unknown number of military personnel from serious injury or death.