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Smithfield delays vote on transferring $1.4M to EDA for Grange market

Smithfield’s Town Council will wait until two new members are seated in January to decide whether to follow ...

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Grace Street lane closures tied to drainage work

Six months after an expected summer start date, Virginia Department of Transportation crews began replacing damaged sections of ...

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School Board chair: Bill would ‘hamstring’ IWCS cellphone policy

Isle of Wight County’s School Board, on Nov. 14, took its first look at a new policy that ...

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Town returns $6 million to Luter III; son says new council’s support vital for Grange to be built

The Town of Smithfield has returned $6 million to former Smithfield Foods Chairman and philanthropist Joseph Luter III ...

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Most IW schools ‘on track,’ one in Surry ‘distinguished’ under new state rankings

Eight of Isle of Wight County’s nine public schools and two of Surry County’s would be labeled “on ...

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Gallery – Christmas returns to Smithfield

Christmas came early to Smithfield on Nov. 22 with the return of the town’s annual tree lighting ceremony, ...

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Homelessness nonprofit to hold barbecue fundraiser

Providential Credit Care Management Inc., a Smithfield-based nonprofit that assists low-income and homeless individuals and families, will hold ...

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One dead, one injured in Foursquare Road crash

One driver is dead and another has life-threatening injuries following a collision on Foursquare Road. According to Virginia ...

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Isle of Wight transfers $1.4M to EDA for Grange market

Two years after pledging $1.4 million toward moving the Smithfield Farmers Market to the Grange at 10Main, Isle ...

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Isle of Wight accepts $2.2M VDOT grant for Turner roundabout

Isle of Wight County supervisors voted unanimously on Nov. 21 to accept a $2.2 million Virginia Department of ...

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Fatboy’s owners lease former Main Street Restaurant

The former Main Street Restaurant on the west end of Smithfield is getting a new lease on life. ...

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Keurig delays closure of Windsor plant to 2025

Keurig Dr Pepper will delay closing its Windsor roasting plant. The beverage manufacturer, which produces the Dr Pepper ...

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Expected start date for IW EMS pharmacy changes is Jan. 1

Isle of Wight County’s new system for tracking prescription drugs stored in ambulances is on track to go ...

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Smithfield, Hampton to clash in football playoffs

Smithfield High will begin its quest for a state football championship Nov. 22, when the Hampton Crabbers cross ...

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Days Point under boil water notice following Nov. 18 main break

Days Point area residents are again under a boil water notice. The Isle of Wight County-owned well and ...

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Mallory Pointe developer proposing single-lane roundabout, down from two lanes

With Mallory Pointe on track to see its first houses in 2025, its developer is asking to amend ...

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Missing Surry senior citizen found safe

George Randolph Hankins, 81, has been found safe. Virginia State Police and the Surry County Sheriff’s Office had ...

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Revived application for Windsor warehouses imminent, county says

The developer of the rejected Tidewater Logistics Center multi-warehouse complex could submit a scaled-back version of the controversial ...

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Cypress Creek Bridge work will affect Christmas Parade

The ongoing rehabilitation of the Cypress Creek Bridge will impact this year’s Smithfield Christmas Parade. Since January, the ...

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Lead pipes? More than 1,400 received Smithfield’s ‘unknown material’ letter

If you recently received a letter from the town of Smithfield stating the pipe connecting your home to ...