Community support appreciated for the Elf Shop To the Editor: Fairmont Elementary School students and staff would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped to organize and run the Elf Shop. We would also like to thank all of the community members and businesses who donated items for the ...

Community ‘Christmas Carol’ reading To the Editor: Last Thursday evening, a group of six people shared reading the Charles Dicken’s story, “A Christmas Carol” to an attentive audience. The reading took place at the Red Rock Center for the Arts. The purpose of the reading is to ...

‘Food for thought’ To the Editor: Food, it is something many of us take for granted because there is always food in the fridge, on the table or at the store that we have access to. But in some countries there are people who have very little food, whether it be access to it or the money ...

Free Christmas Dinner To the Editor: The Christian Church of Fairmont is once again serving a complete Christmas dinner on Christmas Day as a gift to the community and the surrounding area. Christmas is universally celebrated as a time of gift giving where people of all walks of life ...

Sponsor opportunities To the Editor: The community group, “Kids Just Want to Have Fun,” is looking for up to three businesses or individuals willing to sponsor pieces of our annual events. These events bring mothers/sons, father/daughters and families together around fun activities. In ...

Meals on Wheels needing help To the Editor: Fairmont Hot Meals on Wheels is seeking a group or groups willing to deliver meals Monday through Friday, Feb. 16-28, 2022, for a total of nine days. The meals are picked up 11:30 a.m. at Ingleside. There are 4 routes requiring 4 drivers. There are ...