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Oct. 16: Photographer chronicles Riverside Smithfield Hospital construction
Smithfield photographer Joe Lupton is chronicling the construction of Riverside Smithfield Hospital. His weekly updates will be featured ...
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Have chainsaw, will travel: Smithfield’s Tim Ryan aids Helene cleanup
It’s been three weeks since Hurricane Helene made landfall over the Florida panhandle and cut a path of ...
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IW supervisors, Planning Commission to talk growth at retreats
Prospective commercial and residential developments will be among the topics discussed at two upcoming all-day retreats for Isle ...
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More buses, garage and band room among IWCS 2025-26 budget requests
When Isle of Wight County supervisors budgeted $9.5 million for one-time school-related capital projects, it didn’t cover everything ...
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Isle of Wight Academy wins homecoming game 20-0
Isle of Wight Academy’s varsity football team won its Oct. 11 homecoming game versus Accomack County’s Nandua High ...
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Turner Drive bad site for new school?
At least one Isle of Wight County School Board member, and one supervisor, aren’t in favor of locating ...
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Watch Smithfield Town Council candidate forum tonight
The Smithfield Times’ biannual Smithfield Town Council candidate forum will begin at 6 p.m. today at The Smithfield ...
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IWCS central office renovation resumes with new state funding
Isle of Wight County Schools is proceeding with plans to convert two remaining wings of the circa-1961 Hardy ...
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EDA commits to owning Grange market
Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority is on board with the idea of owning a farmers market ...
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Bacon, Bourbon & Music Fest returns
Smithfield’s Bacon, Bourbon & Music Fest returned to Windsor Castle Park on Oct. 5. Tickets sold out, bringing ...
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Opt-in or opt-out? IW School Board splits 3-2 over student surveys
After six months of discussion, Isle of Wight County’s School Board voted 3-2 on Sept. 19 to readopt ...
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Dwindling groundwater precludes exiting Norfolk deal
Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series examining the 15th anniversary of Isle of Wight ...
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SHS Packers celebrate homecoming
Smithfield High School’s varsity Packers returned in triumph to their home field on Oct. 4, defeating the York ...
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Surry man charged in drive-by shooting
A Surry County man faces multiple charges in connection with what James City County Police are calling a ...
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Council candidates respond: Did the Town Council make the right decision in February by voting to set a real estate tax rate of 16 cents per $100 in assessed value, up from the 14-cent rate set eight months earlier? Why or why not?
The Smithfield Times will be taking a different approach to Smithfield Town Council candidate questionnaires this year. Rather ...
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Promontory, St. Luke’s developments could reach Planning Commission by early 2025
Smithfield’s Planning Commission could, by early next year, get its first look at “The Promontory,” a mixed-use development ...
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IWCS adds attendance incentive to exam policy
Isle of Wight County’s School Board voted unanimously on Sept. 19 to adopt changes to its end-of-course exam ...
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Isle of Wight, Smithfield set to vote this month on roundabout funding
Isle of Wight County supervisors and Smithfield’s Town Council plan to vote within two weeks of each other ...
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Fiddlin’ Pig brings British cuisine, culture to Smithfield
The old-fashioned phone booth Isle of Wight, England, gifted in 1986 to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, has ...
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What we know – and don’t – about Virginia’s new school ranking system
Administrators say it’s hard to predict at this point how Virginia’s new accreditation process set to begin at ...
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Red Point Taphouse given 30 days to hook to town water or seek waiver
The loose asphalt millings that form the parking lot at Red Point Taphouse can stay, but within a ...
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SHS Choraliers move Christmas concert to Christ Episcopal
Smithfield High School’s Choraliers recently held their first rehearsal at Christ Episcopal Church ahead of their annual Christmas ...
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Town Council defers voting on sale of Smithfield Times building
Smithfield’s Town Council has indefinitely deferred voting on a contract that would sell the Smithfield Times building for ...
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Stalled Archer’s Meade development sells for $2.8M
For the second time this year, a stalled subdivision in Carrollton has changed hands. Isle of Wight County ...
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Garage Ministry proposes relocating to Old Stage Highway
The Garage Ministry, which for 14 years has operated out of a garage behind Ringo’s Donuts in Smithfield, ...