Steve Stewart, Author at Smithfield Times

Dispatches from Wharf Hill

From the inbox: an inspirational cat story

Regular readers of Dispatches know I’m a sucker for a good cat story. On my list of retirement projects one day is to fictionalize “The ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, January 15, 2025 3:58 pm

Editorial

Editorial: On Christmas Eve, a classic poem

With publication of this week’s edition falling on Christmas Eve, we can’t resist reprinting the classic poem by Clement Clarke Moore. We wish all of ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Monday, December 23, 2024 10:33 am

Isle of Wight County

Federal officers descend on Foursquare Road home; property owner arrested on weapons charge

An Isle of Wight County man faces a federal weapons charge after authorities swarmed his home on Foursquare Road following a nearly two-year investigation by ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:35 pm

Isle of Wight County

Town returns $6 million to Luter III; son says new council’s support vital for Grange to be built

The Town of Smithfield has returned $6 million to former Smithfield Foods Chairman and philanthropist Joseph Luter III at his son’s request. Joseph Luter IV, ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Monday, December 2, 2024 2:33 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – What to watch in aftermath of Town Council election 

Five things we’re watching after last week’s Smithfield Town Council election: Whether Bill Riddick continues as town attorney. Riddick may step aside gracefully with the ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Friday, November 15, 2024 5:24 pm

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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

Dispatches from Wharf Hill

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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