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IWCS backs plan for new Windsor library

Isle of Wight County Schools is on board with plans to build a new Windsor library adjacent to ...

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Surry votes 3-2 to move car tax due date to June 5

Surry County supervisors voted 3-2 on Oct. 3 to approve an alternate plan for twice-a-year tax billing, though ...

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Council candidates respond: What do you like and dislike about the town’s current Comprehensive Plan?

The Smithfield Times will be taking a different approach to Smithfield Town Council candidate questionnaires this year. Rather ...

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Differences emerge over ‘small-town charm’ at Smithfield candidate forum

Six candidates seeking four available seats on Smithfield’s Town Council, at a forum The Smithfield Times hosted on ...

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EDA talks opposing increased buffers for industrial zoning

Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority is planning to oppose proposed changes to the county’s zoning ordinance ...

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Smithfield-based PAC backs four for Town Council

A Smithfield-based group backing four Town Council candidates has registered with the state as an official political action ...

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Turner Drive bad site for new school?

At least one Isle of Wight County School Board member, and one supervisor, aren’t in favor of locating ...

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Watch Smithfield Town Council candidate forum tonight

The Smithfield Times’ biannual Smithfield Town Council candidate forum will begin at 6 p.m. today at The Smithfield ...

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IWCS central office renovation resumes with new state funding

Isle of Wight County Schools is proceeding with plans to convert two remaining wings of the circa-1961 Hardy ...

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EDA commits to owning Grange market

Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority is on board with the idea of owning a farmers market ...

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Bacon, Bourbon & Music Fest returns

Smithfield’s Bacon, Bourbon & Music Fest returned to Windsor Castle Park on Oct. 5. Tickets sold out, bringing ...

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Opt-in or opt-out? IW School Board splits 3-2 over student surveys

After six months of discussion, Isle of Wight County’s School Board voted 3-2 on Sept. 19 to readopt ...

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Dwindling groundwater precludes exiting Norfolk deal

Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series examining the 15th anniversary of Isle of Wight ...

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SHS Packers celebrate homecoming

Smithfield High School’s varsity Packers returned in triumph to their home field on Oct. 4, defeating the York ...

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Surry man charged in drive-by shooting

A Surry County man faces multiple charges in connection with what James City County Police are calling a ...

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Council candidates respond: Did the Town Council make the right decision in February by voting to set a real estate tax rate of 16 cents per $100 in assessed value, up from the 14-cent rate set eight months earlier? Why or why not?

The Smithfield Times will be taking a different approach to Smithfield Town Council candidate questionnaires this year. Rather ...

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Promontory, St. Luke’s developments could reach Planning Commission by early 2025

Smithfield’s Planning Commission could, by early next year, get its first look at “The Promontory,” a mixed-use development ...

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IWCS adds attendance incentive to exam policy

Isle of Wight County’s School Board voted unanimously on Sept. 19 to adopt changes to its end-of-course exam ...

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Isle of Wight, Smithfield set to vote this month on roundabout funding

Isle of Wight County supervisors and Smithfield’s Town Council plan to vote within two weeks of each other ...

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Fiddlin’ Pig brings British cuisine, culture to Smithfield

The old-fashioned phone booth Isle of Wight, England, gifted in 1986 to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, has ...