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School Board’s adopted budget seeks $2.79 million increase from county

Isle of Wight County’s School Board is still looking for a multimillion-dollar funding increase from county taxpayers for ...

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Smithfield planners call special meeting on revised DMV design

Smithfield’s Planning Commission has called a special March 29 meeting to consider a new design for the proposed ...

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Door locks may return to Isle of Wight classrooms 

Five years after spending over $60,000 to purchase active-shooter door barricades, Isle of Wight County Schools may soon ...

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UPDATE: Oversized delivery for solar farm moved to Monday, may delay traffic

A delivery of oversized equipment to an under-construction solar farm may cause traffic delays in Isle of Wight ...

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DMV back on track? State awaits design changes

Plans for a new Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office in Smithfield may not be dead after all, ...

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Something Special celebrates one-year anniversary

Something Special, a thrift store benefiting the Smithfield Hands & Hearts nonprofit organization, celebrated its one-year anniversary on ...

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Isle of Wight considers new restrictions on target shooting

Isle of Wight County supervisors are contemplating new restrictions on recreational target shooting. Isle of Wight’s current firearms ...

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State Sen. John Cosgrove not seeking reelection

State Sen. John Cosgrove, R-Chesapeake, announced Monday on Facebook that he will not seek reelection in November. Cosgrove ...

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Mallory Pointe pipe requires demolishing, rebuilding bike trail

A 300-foot segment of the park-to-park trail will have to be demolished and rebuilt to allow for a ...

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Suffolk man dead, two juveniles injured in Windsor crash

A Suffolk man died Monday evening, March 20, in a two-vehicle crash in Windsor that also injured two ...

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VDOT looks to restrict left turns from Sugar Hill Road

Within a few months, drivers looking to turn left from Sugar Hill Road onto Carrollton Boulevard toward Suffolk ...

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Smithfield Farmers Market returns following lease uncertainty

The Smithfield Farmers Market will return April 1 to the Bank of Southside Virginia’s parking lot despite predictions ...

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Town staff had DMV drawings months before planners, records show

Illustrations of the proposed Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office and adjacent restaurant slated for South Church Street ...

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Three generations help Isle of Wight students get to school

Three generations of an Isle of Wight County family have been helping children get to school. It all ...

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School Board still working to prioritize budget requests

Isle of Wight County’s School Board is still working on ranking its budget requests following a nearly two-hour ...

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Isle of Wight ‘energy task force’ grows

Isle of Wight County’s “energy task force” now has four of its seven members. In November, the county’s ...

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Democratic primaries set for contested state House, Senate races

Primary elections on June 20 will decide the Democratic Party’s nominees for Isle of Wight and Surry counties’ ...

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Convention to decide Republican candidate for 84th House District

The Republican Party will hold a convention in Windsor to decide between two Navy veterans as its nominee ...

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Smithfield Bulls undefeated

The Smithfield Bulls capped off an undefeated season by winning the Western Tidewater 9-and-under Basketball Tournament. The Bulls ...

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Smithfield DMV plans likely dead due to planners’ 6-2 vote, developer says

The Smithfield Planning Commission’s 6-2 vote to reject architectural drawings of Virginia’s new Department of Motor Vehicles office ...