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ZEBULON - From parades to meetings to breaking news, Pike County Times has been busy reporting what was said in meetings and given on paper in response to open records.

Wrecks were the top stories of the year with the motorcycle wreck in front of the schools in August and the wreck at Pike Plaza at the turn of the new year were the top two read articles of the year.

The number three article for the year was breaking news about terminations at the Zebulon Police Department. That one is still ongoing.

The number four article of for the year was the follow-up on a wreck from last year that occurred at Pike Plaza, and number five was the November election results.

Number six was the story of a mail carrier who was the victim of a hit and run and showed how the community was supporting her and her family after the wreck.

And the number seven article for the year was about the new round a bout in Thomaston that is taking the place of the five way stop that has been the place of many accidents over the years.

There were more than 133,621 unique visitors to www.pikecountytimes.com over the course of this past year.

Facebook has been busy as well with more than 1.2 million views and 26.8 visits over the past three months.

Thank you to everyone who has supported Pike County Times with your donations and subscriptions for breaking news alerts. Thank you to First Bank of Pike for sponsoring the breaking news pages.

Thank you to the many people and organizations who have let me know about good news so I could cover that too.

And thank you to everyone who has advertised with Pike County Times over the past year.

It takes a lot to put together articles for Pike County Times, and I’m the owner, editor, and chief bottle washer around here so I couldn’t do this by myself. Thank you to everyone who has sent me a news tip over the past year, and thank you to everyone who has supported this labor of love financially.

Pike County Times is a community newspaper because of you! Happiest of new years to you!

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