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Editorial – Election whodunnit has IW abuzz

We’ve seen more missing-sign capers than we can count in decades of covering small-town elections, but the latest ...

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Editorial – Eager to see new, improved Grange proposal

We’re pleased by the news that Joseph Luter IV plans to submit a revised plan for the Grange ...

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Editorial – Newspapers keep citizens informed

This week’s editorial is courtesy of Benjy Hamm, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University ...

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Editorial – High stakes in fall elections

We’ve written previously in this space about the importance of this year’s Virginia General Assembly elections and how ...

Opinion

Editorial – Early voting not so bad after all

If you can’t change the rules, make them work to your advantage. That seems to be the mantra ...

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Editorial – Planning chair injects politics in Grange review

Charles Bryan’s politicization of the Smithfield Planning Commission is perhaps the saddest chapter yet in a saga that ...

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Editorial – Always let the  people speak

For reasons that baffle us and unnecessarily cause great distrust and discord in the community, Smithfield and Isle ...

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Editorial – A stinging defeat for southern IW residents

Southern Isle of Wight County got a rude reminder of its political clout – or lack thereof – ...

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Editorial – Town shouldn’t repeat county schools’ mistake

Now that the Smithfield Town Council appears to be headed toward a “do-over” on adopting its real estate ...

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Editorial – More than NIMBYism in Grange opposition

A curious obsession of Town of Smithfield elected and appointed officials is to downplay citizen opposition to unpopular ...

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