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Editorial – 2024’s most urgent question
The floodgates are open. Will elected leadership shut them before residential growth overwhelms not just this community’s infrastructure but indeed its citizens’ very way of ...
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Editorial – Tip of the hat to IW planners
The Smithfield Planning Commission should take a cue from its companion body in Isle of Wight County and begin to take seriously the rapid growth ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Thursday, December 28, 2023 1:10 pm
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Editorial – ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’
In 1897, young Virginia O’Hanlon had a burning question that only her hometown newspaper could be trusted to answer. Francis Pharcellus Church’s response in New ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 19, 2023 5:11 pm
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Editorial – Growth machine keeps churning
A consultant’s projection of more than a thousand new students in Isle of Wight’s public schools in the years ahead, putting four school buildings over ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 6:17 pm
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Editorial – Town’s on a roll with VDOT; keep pushing
Turns out that you can reason with VDOT. State Del. Emily Brewer, R-Isle of Wight, and Smithfield Mayor Steve Bowman get a ton of credit ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 4:38 pm
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Editorial – Grange plan better, but still too risky
Joseph Luter IV’s new iteration of the Grange at 10Main, an ambitious mixed-use development on the edge of Smithfield’s historic district, is significantly improved from ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 5:14 pm
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Editorial – Many reasons to be thankful
On Thursday, Americans will pause to count their blessings. For those of us at The Smithfield Times, our list could go on and on. ■ ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 4:56 pm
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Editorial – Town must be transparent in filling council seats
The Smithfield Town Council should tread carefully with appointments to fill two vacancies on the seven-member body. Anything less than a fully transparent process with ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, November 14, 2023 5:04 pm
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Editorial – Make Christmas season merry for hometown merchants
The occasion of last week’s Holiday Open House in Downtown Smithfield and the upcoming Mistletoe Market remind us again of the importance of shopping at ...
by Smithfield Times Editorial Board, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 5:14 pm
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Editorial – Big picture must be considered on housing growth
Finally, perhaps, a breakthrough in town and county leadership’s mindset on residential growth, this community’s most pressing opportunity and challenge. Jennifer Boykin, Isle of Wight ...