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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Anonymous deeds inspire

This Christmas, I’m grateful for the selfless among us who give to their community and fellow man through small acts of kindness with no desire ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, December 20, 2022 4:49 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – School Board turnover was predictable

You could see the shakeup of Isle of Wight County’s School Board coming from a mile away. Or at least a year away. I wrote ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Monday, December 5, 2022 8:33 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Smithfield voters send strong message

Watching hundreds of dejected, angry citizens file out of the Smithfield Center on a hot July night in 2021, this scribe, then a new observer ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Monday, November 21, 2022 6:34 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Genteel Barlow was model public servant

“End of an era” is tossed around loosely in public service, but the recent passing of Smithfield’s Bill Barlow is reason to lament a closed ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 5:13 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Doesn’t take a prude to use a little common sense on sexuality in schools

We were proud prudes at my house growing up, in an era — the 1970s and early 1980s — when the Sexual Revolution was well ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 5:45 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Tip of the hat to Isle of Wight’s volunteers

Labor Day salutes the American worker, God bless them all, especially in this era when record numbers of people are choosing not to work. But ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 6:50 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Vines shows true colors with attack on reporter

Until last week, I considered Isle of Wight County School Board member Michael Vines to be an unimportant side show — loose-lipped, quick-tempered and beleaguered, ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 7:17 pm

dispatches from wharf hill

Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Vines shows true colors with attack on reporter

Until last week, I considered Isle of Wight County School Board member Michael Vines to be an unimportant side show — loose-lipped, quick-tempered and beleaguered, ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 5:30 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Just how tall are your lottery odds?

Perhaps you bought a ticket last month when the Mega Millions lottery jackpot exceeded $1 billion. If you did and, like hundreds of millions of ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Thursday, August 11, 2022 7:39 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Reflections on Elvis and church music’s finest hour

A delightful performance by the Flatland Bluegrass Band at a recent installment of the Downtown Smithfield Summer Concert Series took me back to the church ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Thursday, July 14, 2022 1:35 pm

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