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Editorial – Times is grateful for your support

Our hearts were warmed by the outpouring of support for our newspaper last week as the Smithfield Town Council heard from citizens on the future ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Wednesday, October 9, 2024 9:22 pm

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Editorial – Planning Commission rightfully disillusioned

Brian Carroll pulled no punches with his valid criticism of Isle of Wight County supervisors who have repeatedly thumbed their noses at the recommendations of ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 6:24 pm

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Editorial – Wise advice on rapid growth

Tom Finderson, one of this community’s sharpest minds on demographics, offers elsewhere on this page an ominous, but accurate, forecast of the storm that Smithfield ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 4:43 pm

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Editorial – Town Council control in voters’ hands

The presidential election is getting most of the buzz, but when early voting for the fall election starts later this week, Town of Smithfield voters ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Wednesday, September 18, 2024 7:00 pm

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Editorial – Double standard by town planners

The rules are the rules.  That was the stern lecture the Smithfield Planning Commission gave a struggling restaurant last month before reluctantly agreeing to waive ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, September 10, 2024 6:29 pm

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Editorial – Bad choice for audit committee

Isle of Wight County’s new audit committee is a worthy creation, but supervisors undermined its credibility before it ever got started with the appointment of ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Friday, September 6, 2024 5:02 pm

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Editorial – Another concert season winds down

The sad news that perennial crowd favorite Griffin Lane wouldn’t be able to bring the 2024 Downtown Smithfield Summer Concert Series to a close as ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Wednesday, August 28, 2024 3:58 pm

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Editorial – Journalism at its finest

If anyone needed a reminder of the importance of journalism to sound government decision-making, we hope that Times reporter Stephen Faleski has provided it with ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Wednesday, August 21, 2024 11:23 am

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Editorial – No tax dollars for developers

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. We were reminded of the words of Sir Thomas George Barnett ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 11:00 am

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Editorial – Get involved in comprehensive plan update

As citizens have learned the hard way — from Mallory Pointe to the Grange at 10Main to Sweetgrass — opposing residential development one project at ... Read more

by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:38 pm

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