Opinion

Column – Smithfield’s civic spirit blossomed during Depression

The period between the early 1900s and the years immediately after World War II was marked locally by ...

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Column – 55 years on, Virginia’s sunshine law still serving citizenry

Our right as citizens to observe the workings of government at all levels is a vital part of ...

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Column – Censorship hasn’t, and won’t, accomplish anything 

The coming year is going to see some parents continue trying to protect their children from all that ...

Opinion

Column – Christmas spirit endures, including Gus’ milk punch

I believe in Santa Claus, and always have. Not the jolly old elf who slides down the chimney ...

Opinion

Column – TV ads reflect much of what’s wrong with society

Television has always been a product of our culture, though all-too-often reflecting our baser, rather than our more ...

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Column – Brits, Germans helped fill wartime labor void

Those of my generation knew World War II only as the recent memories of our parents, but those ...

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Column – After much diligence, another map error is fixed

Map makers have always performed a vital service. Be it political boundaries, topography, soil type, ocean and coastal ...

Opinion

Column – Three who left their mark on the community

Communities are the sum total of the contributions made by those who inhabit them. To be honest, there ...

Opinion

Short Rows: Appreciative grandson preserves Orbit store  

Travel most anywhere in Isle of Wight County these days and what you’ll probably notice most is the ...

Opinion

Short Rows: Fences have largely disappeared from Tidewater farms

Winter chores on the small farms many of us called home during the 1950s were rituals of rural ...

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