Letters To The Editor
Latest Letters To The Editor
Sad way to make national news
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I first found out about the “Dec. 5th Windsor Traffic Incident” on Friday, April 9, via an article on vice.com. By ... Read more
3 days ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Beware ‘equity’ plan for schools
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I have recently become aware of the EDequityVA initiative put into place in Virginia schools by Gov. Ralph Northam and the ... Read more
3 days ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Comprehensive plan should guide
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed rezoning of the Mallory Scott Farm. The town put a lot ... Read more
1 week ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Vaccine workers feel church’s love
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I’ve just returned home after spending the afternoon at a COVID vaccine clinic held at Main Street Baptist Church in Smithfield. ... Read more
1 week ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Preserve, but don’t glorify, hurtful relics
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I am writing in response to Mr. Albert P. Burckard Jr.’s letter (“County’s culture is being canceled,” March 3) in which ... Read more
1 week ago by WordPress.com VIP.
IW has changed for the better
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I stand in agreement with the editorial “Supervisors made right call on statue” (March 3). After 116 years, the Isle of ... Read more
1 week ago by WordPress.com VIP.
One vote can change history
Editor, The Smithfield Times: The politics of electing the governor of Virginia has begun. I have started to receive pledge requests from candidates I have ... Read more
1 week ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Vaccine decision can be tricky
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I am 84 years old, fairly healthy except for atrial fibrillation and still unvaccinated, but before anyone starts yelling anti-vaxer, systemic ... Read more
1 week ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Grow and learn after statue’s gone
Editor, The Smithfield Times: A recently published letter (“County’s culture is being canceled,” March 3) contends that the culture of the county is being canceled ... Read more
2 weeks ago by WordPress.com VIP.
Stone-cold racism lingers
Editor, The Smithfield Times: In the land of the free, inequality is embedded in the foundations of modern society, etched in the stones we memorialize ... Read more