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Tastee Freez declared ‘blighted’
Smithfield’s Town Council voted unanimously on Dec. 7 to declare the former Tastee Freez on South Church Street “blighted.” The fast food restaurant dates to ...
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Surry to consider moving Bacon’s Castle polling site
Surry’s Board of Supervisors have scheduled a January public hearing on whether to permanently move the polling location for the county’s Bacon’s Castle District from ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:09 pm
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Surry supports Petersburg casino
Surry’s Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Dec. 2 to pass a resolution in support of a casino coming to the city of Petersburg. Virginia’s ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:08 pm
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Surry proposes no voting district changes
Surry County is proposing to make no changes to its voting districts based on 2020 census data. Surry’s Board of Supervisors adopted the current five-district ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:08 pm
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Surry nuclear plant to replace sirens with wireless alerts
Starting March 1, Dominion Energy’s Surry Nuclear Power Station will replace its warning sirens with wireless alerts that will come to every cell phone within ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:07 pm
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State, local officials make last pitch for hospital
State and local officials held a press conference Monday afternoon to make a last pitch for Riverside Health System’s proposed 50-bed Isle of Wight County ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:06 pm
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Laura and Lucy’s store sold
Real estate agents Jay and Amber Hassell of Smithfield have purchased the former Laura and Lucy’s antiques store space on Main Street. They’re in the ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:05 pm
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IWCS largely spared statewide enrollment decline
Isle of Wight County Schools is down only 11 students from its pre-pandemic division-wide enrollment. According to data the Virginia Department of Education released in ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:02 pm
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Hearing set for historical society lease
Isle of Wight’s Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Dec. 9 on a proposed lease agreement that would allow the county’s historical society ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:02 pm
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Decommissioning dam could cost more than repairing it
Decommissioning the Waterworks Road dam could potentially be more costly than repairing it. According to an engineering report by Draper Aden Associates, bringing the town-owned ...