Dispatches from Wharf Hill
Column – School Board turnover was predictable
You could see the shakeup of Isle of Wight County’s School Board coming from a mile away. Or at least a year away. I wrote ...
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Column – Smithfield voters send strong message
Watching hundreds of dejected, angry citizens file out of the Smithfield Center on a hot July night in 2021, this scribe, then a new observer ...
by Steve Stewart, Monday, November 21, 2022 6:34 pm
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Column – Genteel Barlow was model public servant
“End of an era” is tossed around loosely in public service, but the recent passing of Smithfield’s Bill Barlow is reason to lament a closed ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 5:13 pm
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Column – Doesn’t take a prude to use a little common sense on sexuality in schools
We were proud prudes at my house growing up, in an era — the 1970s and early 1980s — when the Sexual Revolution was well ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 5:45 pm
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Column – Tip of the hat to Isle of Wight’s volunteers
Labor Day salutes the American worker, God bless them all, especially in this era when record numbers of people are choosing not to work. But ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 6:50 pm
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Vines shows true colors with attack on reporter
Until last week, I considered Isle of Wight County School Board member Michael Vines to be an unimportant side show — loose-lipped, quick-tempered and beleaguered, ...
by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 7:17 pm
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Column – Vines shows true colors with attack on reporter
Until last week, I considered Isle of Wight County School Board member Michael Vines to be an unimportant side show — loose-lipped, quick-tempered and beleaguered, ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 5:30 pm
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Column – Just how tall are your lottery odds?
Perhaps you bought a ticket last month when the Mega Millions lottery jackpot exceeded $1 billion. If you did and, like hundreds of millions of ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, August 11, 2022 7:39 pm
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Column – Reflections on Elvis and church music’s finest hour
A delightful performance by the Flatland Bluegrass Band at a recent installment of the Downtown Smithfield Summer Concert Series took me back to the church ...
by Steve Stewart, Thursday, July 14, 2022 1:35 pm
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Column – Reflections on a father’s enduring influences
I’ve got an important obituary to write — on deadline, of course — but first, some quick reflections on the Rev. Ed Stewart, preacher, veteran, ...