Opinion
Column – Early Times publisher had an entrepreneurial spirit
Community newspaper publishers during much of the 19th and early 20th centuries were printers as well as journalists. ...
Opinion
Column – Intimidation tactics have no place in civic discourse
Smithfield’s leadership class struck me as oddly desperate last fall as the controversial Grange at 10Main floundered in ...
Opinion
Editorial – Easter Sunday reminds us that hope springs eternal
It doesn’t take a believer to find inspiration in the symbolism of Easter. Easter occurs, appropriately, in the ...
Opinion
Letter – Warehouse proposal stinks
Editor, The Smithfield Times: The proposed Tidewater Logistics industrial complex at Lovers Lane and Route 460 outside of ...
Opinion
Letter – Keep Windsor Castle passive
Editor, The Smithfield Times: A few weeks ago I learned that the Smithfield Town Council was considering honoring ...
Opinion
Letter – Merge county, IWCS finance
Editor, The Smithfield Times: There’s no better time than the present to bring a positive solution to an ...
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Letter – Impressed with school
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I recently had an opportunity to visit Hampton Roads Classical school on Benns Church ...
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Letter – Let’s talk about age
Editor, The Smithfield Times: President Joseph Biden is 81 years old. He turns 82 Nov. 20. Former President ...
Opinion
Letter – Real cost of inflation
Editor, The Smithfield Times: The far-left progressives, Democrats and media keep telling us the economy is better under ...
Opinion
Column – New highway marker brings overdue recognition
Virginia’s African American history has all too often been overlooked, misinterpreted or just plain ignored. That made the ...