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Tip of the cap to those who’ve chronicled IW history

The series of monthly columns being published by The Smithfield Times under the heading “Commemorating 250 Years of ...

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Column – Smithfield’s daily wiped out quickly, but nickname stuck

Back in the 1950s, this splendid little newspaper was frequently referred to — usually with a hint of ...

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IW’s taste for legal liquor sales developed slowly 

Who would’ve thought that conservative Virginia would ever allow “to go” alcoholic beverages? And yet, the COVID-inspired innovation ...

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Column – Smithfield cinema’s biggest cheerleader was the Times

The Smithfield Times was enthusiastic in announcing the first movie to be aired by the town’s new theater ...

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Column – Morgart’s Beach Hotel was the place to be

The old photographs published on this page during the past three weeks have depicted scenes from Isle of ...

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Column – Summer dam building was child’s play in simpler times

Children raised on farms in the 1950s, and probably many decades earlier, were much like beavers. If they ...

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Column – Hundreds of IW slaves were freed long before Civil War

The latter half of the 18th century, which saw the 13 English colonies declare their independence, also witnessed ...

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Column – Benn’s Church used to go all out for Fourth of July

People really did celebrate the nation’s independence a century ago. Patriotic music, speeches, games for all ages and ...

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Column – After push by Ruritans, electricity came to IW in 1939

As country living goes, I was privileged growing up because I didn’t have to use an outhouse — ...

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Column -Few things stand test of time like snapping turtles

One of our first four-legged visitors in the spring of 1975, a couple of months after we moved ...

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