Steve Stewart, Author at Smithfield Times

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – What we know — and don’t — about Times building

Countless emails and phone calls in support of keeping The Smithfield Times on the iconic Main Street site it has occupied for a century are ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, September 18, 2024 6:58 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Again with emphasis: Infrastructure is inadequate

Steve Bowman nailed it in October 2022 when he declared the 800-plus-home Mallory Pointe residential development a worthy project that was ill-timed. Bowman, speaking at ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 6:59 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – At least one safe space from national politics 

The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump over the weekend makes easy a decision I’ve been contemplating for a year or more: to make ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:01 pm

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Column – To accept $6M or not: a question with lots of nuance

Even in our current world of absolutes, with little room allowed to ponder shades of gray, the following can all be simultaneously true: Joe Luter ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 7:06 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Trust on Town Council broken long before ‘leak’

Amid their outrage over the “leak” that wasn’t, three Smithfield Town Council members lamented broken trust within the body. To hear Valerie Butler, Jim Collins ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 6:58 pm

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The Psychology Behind Online Gambling

The click of computer keys and spin of slots. The bright colors lighting up the screen accompanied by upbeat music. The rush of adrenaline when ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, May 29, 2024 11:11 am

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – The Suffolk model: one to be envied or avoided?

Isle of Wight in 2024 feels a lot like Suffolk in 1974 — at a crossroads, a choice between suburbia and a rural, quaint bedroom ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 6:05 pm

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Column – Litter warriors pick up after the knuckleheads

Keep America Beautiful reports that significant progress has been made in reducing litter on U.S. roadsides since 2010. Far too much remains here in Smithfield. ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 5:05 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Intimidation tactics have no place in civic discourse

Smithfield’s leadership class struck me as oddly desperate last fall as the controversial Grange at 10Main floundered in the face of intense opposition from citizens ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, April 2, 2024 6:30 pm

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Column – Antiquer’s timely find has a distinct Smithfield flavor

Only one with Smithfield bonafides can appreciate Gary Stanley’s find last year at a Harrisonburg antique shop. Stanley, an Edenton, North Carolina, resident who grew ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:56 pm

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