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What we know – and don’t – about Virginia’s new school ranking system

Administrators say it’s hard to predict at this point how Virginia’s new accreditation process set to begin at ...

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Red Point Taphouse given 30 days to hook to town water or seek waiver

The loose asphalt millings that form the parking lot at Red Point Taphouse can stay, but within a ...

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SHS Choraliers move Christmas concert to Christ Episcopal

Smithfield High School’s Choraliers recently held their first rehearsal at Christ Episcopal Church ahead of their annual Christmas ...

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Town Council defers voting on sale of Smithfield Times building

Smithfield’s Town Council has indefinitely deferred voting on a contract that would sell the Smithfield Times building for ...

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Stalled Archer’s Meade development sells for $2.8M

For the second time this year, a stalled subdivision in Carrollton has changed hands. Isle of Wight County ...

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Garage Ministry proposes relocating to Old Stage Highway

The Garage Ministry, which for 14 years has operated out of a garage behind Ringo’s Donuts in Smithfield, ...

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Revised ‘Air Station’ plans call for larger cold storage warehouse

“Project Air Station,” Isle of Wight County Economic Development’s codename for the first occupant of the Shirley T. ...

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Windsor linemen helping counties impacted by Helene

Two linemen from Windsor-based Community Electric Cooperative are working more than 240 miles from their hometown to restore ...

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Thunderstorms cancel Smithfield National Night Out

Smithfield has canceled its National Night Out festivities citing inclement weather. The outdoor event intended to strengthen community-police ...

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Carroll rebukes supervisors for repeated overturning of Planning Commission

Isle of Wight County supervisors’ 3-2 approval on Sept. 19 of the county’s 11th and largest solar farm ...

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IW water rate third highest in South Hampton Roads

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

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IWCS ahead of neighbors in filling teacher vacancies

Isle of Wight County Schools is ahead of its neighbors when it comes to filling teacher vacancies. IWCS ...

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Council candidates respond: Should the mayor be directly elected by the people? 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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Service restored following multi-day Spectrum outage caused by Helene

Hurricane-related damage to a regional data center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is said to be the cause of ...

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Charter blames weather for Smithfield’s widespread internet outage

Charter Communications is blaming a rainstorm – likely fallout from Hurricane Helene – as the cause of a ...

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Revised plan to fund roundabout seeks nearly $1M from Smithfield

Isle of Wight County has proposed another option for funding a single-lane roundabout on Turner Drive in 2029, ...

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Town proposes selling Smithfield Times building for 75% of appraised value

Smithfield’s Town Council has drafted a contract that would sell the Smithfield Times building for 75% of its ...

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Riverside Smithfield Hospital on track for September 2025 completion

Construction at Riverside Smithfield Hospital is on track to be complete in just under a year. Hospital President ...

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Rabid cat, raccoon reported in Isle of Wight

A day after reporting a rabid raccoon, the Isle of Wight Health Department reported on Sept. 26 that ...

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Isle of Wight defers vote on three-year reassessment to October

Isle of Wight County supervisors will wait until October to decide whether to switch to a three-year cycle ...