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Mill Swamp Indian Horses ‘book barn’ complete

Smithfield’s and Suffolk’s Rotary clubs, on April 6, celebrated the recently completed “book barn” at Mill Swamp Indian ...

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No tax increases, but new debt, in proposed Surry County budget

Surry County’s $69.5 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year isn’t calling for changes to the county’s tax ...

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Smithfield looks to tighten temporary sign rules

Smithfield’s Planning Commission took its first look on April 9 at proposed changes to the town’s zoning ordinance ...

Opinion

Column – Trailways once would pick you up at your house

One of my earliest recollections is of a Trailways bus stopping in front of our house on a ...

Opinion

Editorial – Merchants need your support

Once or twice a year in this space, we remind our readers of the importance of supporting locally ...

Opinion

Editorial – IW Planning Commission makes right decision on warehouse project

Chalk one up for the people. The Isle of Wight County Planning Commission sent a strong message that ...

Opinion

Column – Early Times publisher had an entrepreneurial spirit

Community newspaper publishers during much of the 19th and early 20th centuries were printers as well as journalists. ...

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Opinion

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 ...

News

IWCS celebrates Agriculture Literacy Week

In celebration of Agriculture Literacy Week, Windsor Elementary students in grades K-5 were invited to the Isle of ...

Opinion

Editorial – Easter Sunday reminds us that  hope springs eternal

It doesn’t take a believer to find inspiration in the symbolism of Easter. Easter occurs, appropriately, in the ...

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