News
Surry Planning Commission splits 5-4 on advancing Sycamore Cross solar farm
It took two votes on Dec. 16 for Surry County’s Planning Commission to arrive at its 5-4 decision to favorably recommend Arlington-based AES Clean Energy’s ...
Stephen Faleski, Author at Smithfield Times
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Surry planners recommend 7% cap on solar acreage
Surry County’s Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend adoption of zoning ordinance amendments that would further restrict the proliferation of solar farms. The matter will ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, December 19, 2024 5:16 pm
Carrollton
January opening of Carrollton Publix unconfirmed
An Isle of Wight County resident who recently inquired about an opening date for the new Publix on Carrollton Boulevard received a Dec. 12 email ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 6:03 pm
News
Surry planners weigh in on battery storage developer’s requested ordinance change
Surry County’s full Planning Commission received its first look on Dec. 16 at a proposed zoning ordinance text amendment that would allow battery storage facilities. ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 5:29 pm
News
Longtime Kiwanian named 2024 Citizen of the Year
When Rotary Club President Larry Saint and the club’s sergeant-at-arms, Dale Steffensmeier, stopped by Wesley Brown’s house on Dec. 6, he asked them if they ...
by Stephen Faleski, Monday, December 16, 2024 3:43 pm
Isle of Wight County
Isle of Wight Academy teacher facing child pornography charges
An Isle of Wight Academy teacher has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography. The Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office said deputies took 37-year-old ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, December 13, 2024 12:35 pm
Isle of Wight County
IWCS, after 2022-23 deficit, ends 2023-24 with surplus
A recently completed audit of Isle of Wight County’s 2023-24 finances shows its school system to have recovered from a prior-year deficit. An early 2024 ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, December 13, 2024 12:14 pm
News
Rountree charge from campaign sign theft dismissed after community service
It’s been just under a year since Renee Rountree sat in Isle of Wight County’s General District courtroom as a defendant and listened as Judge ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, December 12, 2024 3:54 pm
News
Council approves reducing size of Mallory Pointe roundabout
Smithfield’s Town Council voted 6-1 on Dec. 3 to approve reducing the size of the Mallory Pointe development’s proposed roundabout from two lanes to one. ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, December 12, 2024 1:38 pm
News
Town planners weigh in on Carollo plan for former Luter lots
Smithfield’s Planning Commission gave an informal nod to developer Vincent Carollo’s conceptual plan for just over an acre at Washington, James and Clay streets that ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, December 12, 2024 9:41 am
SportsPlus
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