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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
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
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
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
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
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
Boat graveyards are gone, but keep eye out for remnants
Now that the days are warming up, the weather is perfect for outdoor activity, and for many in Isle of Wight and Surry, that means ... Read more
Nothing like spring in Smithfield
If there’s a town that presents itself better in the spring than Smithfield, we’d love to see it. Locals who might be susceptible to taking ... Read more
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
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