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Riverside's Mary Riddick named CNA of the Year
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (146+ words) Smithfield Times Riverside's Mary Riddick named CNA of the Year Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Smithfield's Mary Riddick was named the 2025 CNA of the Year for 22 years of service. Every year, the Virginia Health care Association and Virginia Center for Assisted…...
Residents weigh in on Smithfield's $6. 5 M Grange buy at after-the-fact. ..
19+ hour, 31+ min ago (520+ words) For Renee Bevan, once a vocal critic of Joseph Luter IV's plans for the Grange at 10 Main development, Smithfield's offer to buy the 57-acre site from Luter is a "rare opportunity" to make things right. Robbie Younger, however, considers the…...
Editorial " Vital connection for Isle of Wight
20+ hour, 56+ min ago (179+ words) Amid all of the weighty planning and zoning decisions confronting Isle of Wight, a new cellular phone tower might seem like small potatoes. But the proposed Verizon wireless communications tower off Scotts Factory Road, unanimously endorsed recently by the Isle…...
Town Council talks "land use matrix" ahead of April 22 joint meeting w. ..
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (375+ words) The Town Council discussed a slate of proposed Smithfield zoning ordinance changes on March 23, a month ahead of a scheduled joint meeting with the town's Planning Commission. The joint meeting to discuss a proposed "land use matrix" and other topics…...
Fiddlin" Pig raises $1 K for charity auctioning 10, 000th Guinness pint
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (336+ words) The Fiddlin" Pig, a local pub on Main Street in Smithfield, raised $1, 000 for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation after selling its 10, 000th pint of Guinness, the famed Irish stout beer produced in Dublin. Since opening in August 2024, the Fiddlin' Pig has…...
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2+ day, 3+ hour ago (11+ words) Commissioner: Data entry "factual errors" caused Surry reassessment di. .. Smithfield Times...
Letter " Kudos to the Times
3+ day, 15+ min ago (90+ words) Smithfield Times Letter " Kudos to the Times Letter: Carrollton resident Lynne Hundley praises The Smithfield Times for clear, complete coverage of important, complicated issues. Editor, The Smithfield Times: The Smithfield Times keeps covering all the important (and complicated) stuff. And…...
IW School Board awards $3. 8 M contract to RRMM Architects to design new. ..
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (201+ words) Isle of Wight County's School Board voted unanimously on April 2 to award a $3. 8 million contract to Chesapeake-based RRMM Architects to design a replacement Westside Elementary. "Under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, it is not based solely on price," De Vary…...
Inmate, 45, held on IW charges dies at Western Tidewater Regional Jail
3+ day, 44+ min ago (227+ words) An inmate held at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail on charges stemming from Isle of Wight County died in custody in the early morning hours of April 1. A jail officer observed a medical emergency in one of the regional facility's…...
IW School Board Chairman John Collick to resign
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (360+ words) At the end of the board's April 2 meeting, Collick said he hadn't decided on an exact date for his final day as a member of the School Board but said it was "probably going to be in the next 30 to…...