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Youngkin vetoes marijuana market bill that divided area legislators
When Virginia legalized marijuana in 2021, the law allowed localities the option of holding a voter referendum to prohibit retail sales. Whether Isle of Wight ...
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Isle of Wight County
IW drafts timeline for growth-focused comprehensive plan review
Isle of Wight County staff have unveiled a tentative timeline for incorporating Supervisor Renee Rountree’s proposed “growth management” task force into the Planning Commission’s five-year ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:48 pm
Carrollton
Carrollton grandmother who stabbed daughter’s husband gets 5½-year prison sentence
A Carrollton grandmother who fatally stabbed her daughter’s husband will spend the next 5½ years in prison. Two months after a jury found 69-year-old Theresa ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:11 pm
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Solar farm subcontractor charged in collision with Surry school bus
A subcontractor working for the construction company building the 240-megawatt Cavalier solar farm in Surry County has been charged in a wrong-way collision with a ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, March 28, 2024 11:53 am
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Surry planners take first look at Sycamore Cross solar farm
Surry County’s Planning Commission received its first look on March 25 at the proposed Sycamore Cross solar farm, which would span more than 2,400 acres ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 5:42 pm
Carrollton
Proposed Carrollton maternity home seeks to dissuade abortions
In 1974, one year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion nationwide, Wendy Jeffers found herself pregnant at 18 years ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 5:40 pm
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IW planners recommend denial of Windsor logistics center
Isle of Wight County’s Planning Commission, on March 26, recommended rejection of a multi-warehouse complex proposed for the north side of Route 460 near Windsor. ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:11 pm
Isle of Wight County
What’s causing Isle of Wight’s surge of overdue tax bills?
When Smithfield area resident Kathy Strozak saw a past-due notice from the Isle of Wight County Treasurer’s Office in her mailbox on March 22 claiming ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:40 pm
Carrollton
Changes approved to South Harbor development
Isle of Wight County supervisors approved a conditional zoning amendment on March 21 specifying a slate of changes to the South Harbor age-restricted housing development ...
by Stephen Faleski, Monday, March 25, 2024 5:09 pm
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Moonlight solar farm headed back to Planning Commission
An application for a new 44-megawatt solar farm at Burwells Bay and Moonlight roads is headed back to Isle of Wight County’s Planning Commission for ...