6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (212+ words) Jarad Ford is now serving as chairman of Isle of Wight County’s School Board following the departure of former Chairman John Collick. Ford was elected vice chairman in January at the same reorganizational meeting where Collick was named chairman. Collick…...

13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (190+ words) On Sunday, August 2, Sundays at Four will present another group of Terrific Teens in recital at Christ Episcopal Church in Smithfield. As always, this year’s teens are as impressive academically as they are musically. As part of the requirements for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (309+ words) Isle of Wight County Schools aims to open its replacement for Westside Elementary by fall 2028, giving the School Board and division staff just under two years to find a home for the current school’s sixth-graders. The current Westside has just…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (345+ words) Smithfield is in the running for the Hallmark Channel’s search for America’s 25 “Merriest Christmas Towns.” The winning locality will be offered the opportunity to become the filming location for a new Hallmark original movie. Catarina Johnson, president of the Isle…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (580+ words) I recently wrote what was to be the final chapter in our association with 228 Main St., and I truly meant it to be just that. Since then, however, I have been reminded by numerous people of a huge omission in…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (658+ words) Less than two weeks out from the Aug. 4 primary election, early voter turnout in a Democratic race to choose a challenger to run against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., is up 13% in Isle of Wight County from 2024, when the congressional…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (362+ words) After a nearly yearlong debate, Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted 4-2 on July 14 to endorse a series of proposed changes to the town’s zoning ordinance. Last August, the commissioners started discussing a land use matrix spreadsheet that would list each of the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (357+ words) Isle of Wight County supervisors voted unanimously on July 9 to re-lease the northern and southern tracts of the Blackwater Property, also known as Blackwater Park, to the Sussex County-based Dunn Hunt Club. The county sought sealed bids in May to…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (302+ words) There is an old saying that leadership is not measured by what one person accomplishes but by what a community accomplishes when people work together toward a common purpose. As I reflect on the remarkable journey we have shared, I…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (260+ words) Just under a month remains for candidates to get their names on the November ballot to succeed Tim Calhoun on Surry County’s Board of Supervisors in the Surry District seat. No one had qualified as of July 17, according to Voter…...