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Column – Memories of trees, running cedar and Christmas fireworks

Our Christmas tree has been in the living room since shortly after Thanksgiving. That’s because it’s plastic. Nice ...

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Column – Fluoride’s advantages far outweigh its risks

I can still hear that old belt-driven dental drill in Dr. Ames’ Main Street office. It was my ...

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Column – Farm work didn’t end after the peanuts were picked

By the time Thanksgiving rolled around in the 1950s, most peanuts had been picked, though that didn’t end ...

Opinion

Column – In journalism, when you make a mistake, own it

There were numerous unwritten rules I tried to live by for decades as a reporter and editor.  One ...

Opinion

Column – Local agriculture got a lot of ink during its heyday

During much of this newspaper’s life, Smithfield was the center of a prosperous agricultural community, and week after ...

Opinion

Column – Iconic farm images faded with Smithfield’s transition

Smithfield has become something new and decidedly different during the past several decades. As both the town and ...

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Column – Halloween is a special night on Main Street

One of the most popular public events ever staged at what the public popularly calls Times Square is ...

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Column – Tidewater dialect, like others, slowly fades in wired world 

Modern communications as well as the mobility of Americans since the mid-20th century has brought us prosperity as ...

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Column – Some country truisms never get old

I miss a number of things about farm living in the 1950s, but none more so than listening ...

Opinion

Column – Gambling’s many forms have common thread: addiction

If gambling’s your thing, Virginia’s determined to scratch your itch. It took a half century of evolving General ...

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