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Editorial – Bryan is right about text change in zoning law

We agree with Charles Bryan: The Town of Smithfield is stepping onto a slippery slope if it begins letting individual developers rewrite its zoning ordinances. ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 5:41 pm

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Editorial – Be transparent on cause of public schools’ fiscal mess

The last thing Isle of Wight County Schools needs right now is a crisis of citizen confidence in the division’s fiscal management. Tens of millions ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 4:54 pm

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Editorial – Growth task force is badly needed

It might be a couple of years too late, especially for the Town of Smithfield, but we hope an important conversation is sparked by Isle ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 5:45 pm

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Editorial – Give voters say on how to fund new schools

We fully grasp both sides of the debate over whether income taxes or consumption taxes are the fairer way to fund the activities of government. ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 4:19 pm

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Editorial – 2024’s most urgent question

The floodgates are open. Will elected leadership shut them before residential growth overwhelms not just this community’s infrastructure but indeed its citizens’ very way of ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, January 2, 2024 5:04 pm

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Editorial – Tip of the hat  to IW planners 

The Smithfield Planning Commission should take a cue from its companion body in Isle of Wight County and begin to take seriously the rapid growth ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Thursday, December 28, 2023 1:10 pm

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Editorial – ‘Yes, Virginia, there  is a Santa Claus’

In 1897, young Virginia O’Hanlon had a burning question that only her hometown newspaper could be trusted to answer.  Francis Pharcellus Church’s response in New ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 19, 2023 5:11 pm

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Editorial – Growth machine keeps churning

A consultant’s projection of more than a thousand new students in Isle of Wight’s public schools in the years ahead, putting four school buildings over ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 6:17 pm

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Editorial – Town’s on a roll with VDOT; keep pushing

Turns out that you can reason with VDOT. State Del. Emily Brewer, R-Isle of Wight, and Smithfield Mayor Steve Bowman get a ton of credit ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 4:38 pm

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Editorial – Grange plan better, but still too risky

Joseph Luter IV’s new iteration of the Grange at 10Main, an ambitious mixed-use development on the edge of Smithfield’s historic district, is significantly improved from ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 5:14 pm

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