The Smithfield Times – Digital Edition, August 21st, 2019

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Some of this week’s stories:

• Unlocked cars targeted
• Fatal Bypass collision
• Pagan carves a new channel

• School Board findings challenged
• Country & Bluegrass

Forum:

A long awaited discussion

Short rows:

Some memorable quotes

News

What IW, Surry schools can expect if the Department of Education is ‘dismantled’

Carrollton

Garner first to make ballot to fill McCarty’s District 2 supervisor seat

Isle of Wight County

UPDATE: Foursquare Road reopens after sand truck overturns

News

Study of reviews rates TowneBank best in America

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Smithfield makes final payment to exit county water agreement

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Hampton Roads Classical closes after five years

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Lyft offering free sober rides home to Hampton Roads drivers July 4 weekend

Isle of Wight County

Isle of Wight bomb suspect to change plea to guilty

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Anchors aweigh: Madelyn Berry heads to Naval Academy as Smithfield High’s first female midshipman

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Surry Planning Commission endorses White Marsh Road battery site

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Smithfield’s Mitch Simmons publishes poetry, essays in ‘Ramblings of an Old Man’

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Hearing on Smithfield’s proposed Sheetz convenience store set for July 8

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‘Missing’ pre-Civil War deed book returns to Surry County following restoration

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High heat cancels June 28 Smithfield Farmers Market

Isle of Wight County

A first look at Isle of Wight’s draft battery storage system ordinance

News

Cypress Creek Bridge traffic to reverse for 30 minutes following fireworks

Isle of Wight County

Isle of Wight adopts revised noise ordinance

Carrollton

Supervisors vote 3-2 to approve splitting auto shop from self-storage

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Extending Lovers Lane sewer line from multi-warehouse complex deemeed too expensive

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Isle of Wight accepts $5.6M bid for hospital water tower

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Area legislators call for revisiting Clean Economy Act as rural Virginia rejects large solar farms

Isle of Wight County

Isle of Wight planners vote 6-3 to endorse extension for stalled solar farm

Isle of Wight County

Regional gas pipeline resumes work in Isle of Wight County

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Smithfield Foods to relocate 115 midwest corporate jobs to town headquarters