Opinion

In the short rows: Area has had long love affair with crepe myrtles

By John Edwards Are they crepe myrtles or crape myrtles? For those of us who grew up in ...

Opinion

Why did childhood vaccines become controversial?

Protecting children from illness and death has always been, as it should have been, a paramount concern of ...

Opinion

Five years after fire, a Surry staple’s sad conclusion

Fire has shaped and reshaped human history. From the time early man learned to use it to improve ...

Opinion

Hoping Americans ‘do the right thing,’ as Churchill said we would

As Independence Day approached two weeks ago, a county resident whose love for this country is unimpeachable sadly ...

Opinion

An ode to idioms: Country people talk sense

I ate my first tomato sandwich from this year’s crop last week — white bread, mayonnaise and a ...

Opinion

Summer concerts are back, reviving 34-year tradition

The Smithfield Summer Concert Series, a downtown tradition for 34 years, will return to the Gazebo Stage at ...

Opinion

Drought of ’80 was reminder that rainy days aren’t all bad

More than 5 inches of rain in much of Isle of Wight and Surry broke the back of ...

In The Short Rows

Steamboat era saw Pagan Creek rebranded a river

Second in a series When does a creek become a river? When it needs to be dredged, according ...

Opinion

Pagan Creek helped Virginia commerce thrive in late 1700s

Prime real estate lots in the town that Arthur Smith envisioned in 1752 were those located on the ...

Opinion

Meet Nhi Tran, whose story should inspire us all

A recent survey conducted by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation determined that nearly two-thirds of Americans could not pass ...

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