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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Good judgment is better than a policy

Legislating morality and decency isn’t easy. I’ve got battle scars from the time I tried to do so 30 years ago. I offer it as ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:38 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Fight for GOP state Senate nod is colored gray

You’ve likely noticed video games pop up at your favorite convenience store in recent years, adult players hovered over them for hours at a time. ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 5:59 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Amid shrill abortion debate, Brewer bill merits support

It doesn’t appear that Republican legislators have an appetite for aggressively pursuing abortion restrictions in the Virginia General Assembly’s 2023 session. Despite backing from Gov. ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:46 pm

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Dispatches from Wharf Hill

Column – Fresh eyes for Grange at 10Main project

The Luter family’s proposed Grange at 10Main development, which took a big hit in the court of public opinion last fall, gets an important reset ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 4:40 pm

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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

dispatches from wharf hill

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

dispatches from wharf hill

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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