Isle of Wight County
IWCS to allow parents to monitor library checkouts
In response to backlash from parents over Smithfield High School’s “Read Woke” challenge, Isle of Wight County Schools plans to allow parents remote access to ...
Stephen Faleski, Author at Smithfield Times
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State recommends denial of Isle of Wight hospital
A Virginia Department of Health staff report recommends Riverside Health System’s proposed 50-bed Isle of Wight County hospital be denied a state certificate of public ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 12:19 pm
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Surry to fund law clerk
Surry County will begin contributing $5,600 per year to fund a law clerk in the Sixth Judicial Circuit per an Oct. 7 vote of the ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 19, 2021 5:12 pm
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Surry approves contracts for planning, economic development
Surry County’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to approve one-year contracts with four separate firms that will provide planning and economic development ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 19, 2021 5:12 pm
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Cypress Creek development to grow
Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted unanimously with two absent on Oct. 12 to approve a final plat application for 46 suburban residential cluster-zoned properties in Phase ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 19, 2021 5:09 pm
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Carr withdraws from Carrsville District School Board race
Chairwoman Jackie Carr announced at the conclusion of the Isle of Wight County School Board’s Oct. 14 meeting that she would be withdrawing her candidacy ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, October 15, 2021 2:40 pm
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Julia Perkins resigns
Julia Perkins has resigned from Isle of Wight County’s School Board. School Board Chairwoman Jackie Carr read Perkins’ resignation letter into the record of the ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, October 14, 2021 10:46 pm
Isle of Wight County
Proposed hospital draws wide support
A Virginia Department of Health public hearing on Oct. 13 drew near-unanimous support for Riverside Health System’s proposed 50-bed Isle of Wight County hospital. The ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:13 pm
Isle of Wight County
Superintendent alleges death threats over equity
Superintendent Dr. Jim Thornton says he’s received four death threats from opponents of Isle of Wight County Schools’ equity and inclusion initiatives. Thornton made the ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 5:32 pm
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Planners approve duplexes
Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted 4-1 with two absent on Oct. 12 in favor of allowing former Smithfield Foods Chairman Joseph W. Luter III to construct ...