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Lions sets contest for Bland scholarships

The Smithfield Lions Club will hold its annual James A. Bland Memorial Music Scholarship Contest at 2 p.m., ...

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Packer wrestling places 15th at holiday classic

The Smithfield Packer varsity and junior varsity wrestling teams both took to the mat this weekend to start ...

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Smithfield Ruritans donate to area organizations

Smithfield Ruritans gave end of year donations to the Christian Outreach, Western Tidewater Free Clinic, Smithfield Volunteer Fire ...

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Packers 14U team wins Richmond tournament

Smithfield Packers Youth Sports sent the 10U, 12U and 14U teams to Richmond for the 2023 Michael Minor ...

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Dogfennel should not be confused with edible fennel

By Mary Catherine Foster Contributing writer Growing up in rural Isle of Wight County many decades ago gave ...

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History night program set for Claremont

Claremont and area citizens will share photographs and other artifacts of the town’s history during a special program ...

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Angel Quilters deliver quilts for Angel Tree

The Angel Quilters of Trinity United Methodist Church recently delivered children’s quilts in pillowcases to the Smithfield Baptist ...

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Isle of Wight County October 2023 land transfers

The following land transfers were recorded in Isle of Wight County Circuit Court during October: KIC Construction LLC ...

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They Didn’t Teach Us This in High School: Experimenting with Change

By Jo Weaver Contributing Writer With the focus last month on learning and the upcoming New Year with ...

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Photo of the Week 

A common visitor to pine forest, the brown-headed nuthatch, photographed recently by Times reader Raymond Foster, forages for ...

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Packers 14U team wins Richmond tournament

Smithfield Packers Youth Sports sent the 10U, 12U and 14U teams to Richmond for the 2023 Michael Minor ...

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Grange approved in series of 3-2 Town Council votes

Smithfield’s Town Council voted 3-2 on Dec. 5 to approve mixed-use zoning and six related special use permits ...

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New vote on Smithfield tax rate planned for February

Smithfield’s Town Council plans to wait until an unspecified date in February to hold a public hearing and ...

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Rountree, Hanson sign theft trials delayed to Dec. 14

Isle of Wight County Supervisor-elect Renee Rountree and her son-in-law, Blacksburg resident Jesse Hanson, have each been granted ...

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Smithfield talks funding Schoolhouse Museum docent

The Schoolhouse Museum in Smithfield is asking the town and Isle of Wight County to jointly take over ...

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Rotary clubs building ‘book barn’ at Mill Swamp Indian Horses

Steve Edwards’ Mill Swamp Indian Horses program will soon have its own library of horsemanship materials courtesy of ...

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Five Town Council applicants make the cut

A two-member committee of Smithfield’s Town Council has named five finalists in its search to fill ex-Councilman Wayne ...

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Funding vote on 2% school employee raises delayed

Isle of Wight County supervisors postponed funding 2% raises for teachers and other school employees that would take ...

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Surry County’s Route 40 to close for bridge work starting Dec. 4

Starting as early as Dec. 4, Virginia Department of Transportation contractor crews will close a portion of Route ...

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IW planners oppose Moonlight solar farm

A 44-megawatt 523-acre solar farm proposed at Burwells Bay and Moonlight roads, dubbed Moonlight Solar LLC, received a ...