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Windsor to poll citizenry on monument
Windsor plans to poll its citizenry on the idea of moving Isle of Wight County’s Confederate monument to the town’s municipal cemetery — surveys that ...
Dr. Desmond Longford took good care of people in and around Smithfield for more than 50 years. And he refused to let corporate mandates he ...
Windsor plans to poll its citizenry on the idea of moving Isle of Wight County’s Confederate monument to the town’s municipal cemetery — surveys that ...
At 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19, Main Street Baptist Church in downtown Smithfield rang its bell in unison with congregations across the country as part of ...
Nearly 22,000 people in Western Tidewater have food insecurity issues, and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore wants to help. To that ...
Kiyaana Jones is Isle of Wight Public Schools’ new coordinator of equity and inclusion. Jones will work with all students, parents, staff and the community ...
Four Isle of Wight emergency first responders were recently honored for their lifesaving work. Lt. Chris Smith, fire-medic Delaney Townsend, part-time medic Levario Franklin of ...
Smithfield resident graduates from James Madison University Kyle McPherson, of Smithfield, graduated with a degree in individualized study from James Madison University during commencement exercises ...
Isle of Wight’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Jan. 7 to authorize the Franklin Redevelopment and Housing Authority to purchase properties in the county for ...
Raynard Gibbs is the Smithfield Planning Commission’s newest member. He replaces the seat held by Dr. Lilton Marks, who resigned Dec. 1 for personal and ...
Smithfield’s Raw Fitness is rightly named. If you connect with owner and trainer Jay Riddick, he likes to say you’ll earn your sweat, because he’ll ...
Surry County’s Board of Supervisors will retain the same leadership for 2021. Chairman Robert Elliott, who represents the Claremont District, and Vice Chairman Michael Drewry, ...
The Virginia Association of Destination Marketing Organizations has honored the Smithfield and Isle of Wight Convention and Visitors Bureau for developing and introducing the GenuineSmithfieldVA.com ...
Zoey Ray Compton, of Isle of Wight, was recently named the 2021 Virginia Miss Petite Agriculture USA Queen. The Miss Agriculture USA is a nonprofit ...
By Mark C. Carroll Nature prefers diversity. In life and in our gardens, we are consistently faced with dichotomous choices between A and B. Uniformity ...
Unknown vandals recently damaged the marquee outside Macedonia AME Church in Carrollton. According to Capt. Tommy Potter, spokesman for the Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s ...
As it was for local businesses and at many churches, 2020 was a year of reckoning at Christ Episcopal Church. Serious financial concerns and COVID ...
Windsor plans to poll its citizenry on the idea of moving Isle of Wight County’s Confederate monument to the town’s municipal cemetery — surveys Mayor ...
Officials with Isle of Wight County Schools are blaming a hacker for “vulgar” and “despicable” emails sent to roughly 90 students multiple times Jan. 5. ...
Elevate Church and RECORE felt the giving spirits of the community and recently announced that the inaugural ELEVATE HOPE online auction was met with great ...
Smithfield Foods has appointed seven people to new executive leadership roles in the company. Russ Dokken is chief sales officer, responsible for aligning sales, marketing, ...
Local health experts who participated in the Isle of Wight County NAACP’s virtual COVID-19 panel discussion Jan. 4 expressed reservations about a U.S. Food and ...
Luther Porter Jackson Middle School in Surry County was one of 51 schools to recently receive a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant from the ...
Town Council formally approved water and sewer rate increases for Smithfield customers this year. Under the town’s adopted 2020-2021 fiscal year budget, for water service ...
A Carrsville Elementary School employee tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after attending in-person restraint and seclusion training at the school on Dec. 4. Several others ...
In 1853, Dr. John Robinson Purdie of Smithfield charged N.P. Young $2.50 for a house call on May 22. “Leeching Sallie” cost another $2.50. In ...
Isle of Wight County school employees will receive a 2% cost of living increase to their wages, and bus drivers and instructional assistants will also ...
Banking off the overwhelmingly positive response of the program’s first round in November, Isle of Wight officials once again declared the second round of the ...