Isle of Wight County
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 Mayor ...
Stephen Faleski, Author at Smithfield Times
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‘Vulgar’ emails sent to IW students
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. ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:35 pm
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Local experts skeptical of plan to cut vaccine doses
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 ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:34 pm
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LPJ Middle School gets 21st Century grant
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 ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:33 pm
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Possible COVID-19 exposure from teacher training
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 ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:31 pm
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IW Museum Foundation publishes ‘Dr. Purdie’s Papers’
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 ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:28 pm
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IW supervisor has COVID-19
A member of Isle of Wight County’s Board of Supervisors has tested positive for COVID-19. On Jan. 3, William McCarty, who represents the county’s Newport ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:26 pm
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Town residents lament loss of recycling
Catherine Vines, a resident of Smithfield’s Jericho Estates development, has tried several times over the past month to be put on a list of households ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:26 pm
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‘Vulgar’ emails sent to IW students
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. ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 8, 2021 6:28 pm
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Three Smithfield restaurants close for COVID-19
Three Smithfield eateries are closed this week due to possible employee exposure to COVID-19. Cure Coffeehouse, located at 113 N. Church St., announced on Facebook ...