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Julia Perkins resigns
Julia Perkins has resigned from Isle of Wight County’s School Board. School Board Chairwoman Jackie Carr read Perkins’ resignation letter into the record of the ...
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Planners approve duplexes
Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted 4-1 with two absent on Oct. 12 in favor of allowing former Smithfield Foods ...
Smithfield Halloween festivities to return
Downtown Smithfield’s annual Safe Trick or Treat is back for 2021 after being canceled last year due to ...
Bacon fest returns
Smithfield’s annual Bacon, Bourbon & Music Fest returned to Windsor Castle Park on Oct. 2 after having been ...
Safco murder suspect remains at-large
The suspect in last week’s fatal shooting at the Safco Distribution Center in Isle of Wight County remains ...
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Carr withdraws from Carrsville District School Board race
Chairwoman Jackie Carr announced at the conclusion of the Isle of Wight County School Board’s Oct. 14 meeting that she would be withdrawing her candidacy ...
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McCray hired as Camp Community College president
Glenn Dubois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, announced Oct. 14 that he has hired Dr. Corey L. McCray to become the next president of Paul ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:32 pm
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Proposed hospital draws wide support
A Virginia Department of Health public hearing on Oct. 13 drew near-unanimous support for Riverside Health System’s proposed 50-bed Isle of Wight County hospital. The ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:13 pm
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Superintendent alleges death threats over equity
Superintendent Dr. Jim Thornton says he’s received four death threats from opponents of Isle of Wight County Schools’ equity and inclusion initiatives. Thornton made the ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 5:32 pm
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Smithfield seeks proposals to decommission dam
Smithfield’s Town Council voted unanimously with one absent on Oct. 5 to request proposals for decommissioning the Waterworks Road dam. Repairing the structure, which decades ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:42 pm
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Redistricting task force makes its choice
Isle of Wight’s 2021 redistricting task force voted unanimously with one member absent on Oct. 6 to select one of three maps as its top ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:40 pm
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McCray makes case to become next Camp president
Camp Community College Interim President Dr. Corey McCray spoke to community members during an Oct. 6 public town hall meeting held at the college’s Regional ...
by Titus Mohler, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:37 pm
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Equity assignment given at GTMS
Isle of Wight County Schools is “not teaching students about equity and inclusion,” Superintendent Dr. Jim Thornton assured critics in June. Equity and inclusion coordinator ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:36 pm
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‘Souper Saturday’ returns
Despite threatening skies, the Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program’s “Souper Saturday” event returned to Trinity United Methodist Church on Oct. 9 after a one-year ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:34 pm
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James Madison University welcomes class of 2025
James Madison University recently welcomed the class of 2025 to campus. The incoming freshman class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:33 pm
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Lawyer shares journey from Camptown to the NSA
Tena Lawyer is a retired teacher from the U.S. intelligence community who is used to being busy, but she found herself with a lot of ...
by Titus Mohler, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:31 pm
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Wayne Community College, Smithfield Foods sign apprentices
Smithfield Foods and Wayne Community College accepted a third cohort of maintenance apprentices in a signing ceremony recently. The new cohort adds 13 apprentices to ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:30 pm
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Smithfield approves police sign-on bonuses
Smithfield’s Town Council voted unanimously on Oct. 5 to authorize its police department to offer sign-on bonuses to new sworn personnel. The department plans to ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 5:18 pm
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Windsor PD, Nazario settle subpoena fight
Lawyers representing Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario and Windsor’s Police Department reached an agreement Sept. 30 regarding subpoenaed town records. Nazario is suing WPD Officer ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, October 8, 2021 6:19 pm
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Changing Course
Story by Phyllis Speidell Photos by John H. Sheally II Living aboard a yacht, cruising as your whim suggests, may seem a farfetched dream — ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, October 8, 2021 12:07 pm
A Slice of Smithfield
Community garden plans take root
Ariane Williams has seen the unifying power of community gardens before. For the past several months, the Carrollton resident has been working with a group ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, October 8, 2021 11:58 am
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Teen pleads guilty to manslaughter
A former Smithfield High School student charged with fatally shooting his classmate in March pleaded guilty in Isle of Wight County Circuit Court on Oct. ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, October 6, 2021 3:35 pm
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Sheriff’s office continues to investigate suspicious death
Investigators from the Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office continue to investigate the death of Donald Clarke.
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:16 pm
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Yacht club to host murder mystery dinner theatre
After a one-year coronavirus pandemic-imposed hiatus, All Y’all Players is back with a new murder mystery dinner theatre production. “Murder is Served” made its debut ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:57 pm
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Surry Planning votes down solar farm
Surry County’s Planning Commission, on Sept. 27, recommended against allowing Charlottesville-based Hexagon Energy to construct a proposed 150-megawatt solar farm at the intersections of routes ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:54 pm
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Riverside Regional Jail to remain open
The Riverside Regional Jail, which serves Surry County and six other localities, will remain open despite a state committee’s recommendation that it be decertified and ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:54 pm
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Oct. 13 hearing set for proposed Isle of Wight hospital
The Virginia Department of Health will hold virtual public hearings on Oct. 13 to decide whether two Hampton Roads hospital projects receive a certificate of ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:53 pm
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Redistricting law adds 189 county residents
The 2020 Census lists Isle of Wight County’s total population at 38,606, but a new state redistricting law requiring prisoners to be counted as residents ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:52 pm
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NAACP: Confederate flag offends at County Fair
Isle of Wight County’s NAACP chapter is taking issue with a large Confederate flag that hung from a tent near admissions gate No. 2 at ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:51 pm
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IW, Surry awarded emergency management grants
Isle of Wight and Surry counties will each receive $7,500 in emergency management performance grant funding, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management announced on Oct. ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:45 pm
COVID-19
IW sees COVID spike
Statewide, the COVID-19 resurgence fueled by the more contagious delta variant has been gradually declining since mid-September, but that isn’t true of Isle of Wight ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:45 pm
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