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Recycling saves landfill space, tax dollars

It has been said no one is truly concerned about the things of government until it affects their individual world. Read more

by Rex Alphin, Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:42 am

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Progress

We’d been planting around that old house for 20 years. Down a long lane, 200 yards off the road it sat, right in the middle ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:20 am

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IOW Board aims to balance residents’ needs

The new Board of Supervisors for Isle of Wight County had its second meeting of 2012 on Thursday evening. Read more

by Rex Alphin, Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:38 am

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The beginning and the end

MARCH—Look at those fields! Seems they are just itching to be planted. Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:15 am

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What are the odds?

Arising, Henry pulled himself from his warm abode and bumbled to the bathroom. Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 10:03 am

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Moving target

Who do you think you are? Waltzing into the room as if walking onto a stage! As if your audience can barely hold its applause! ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:21 am

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You’ve got to get one of these

Why did no one tell me about this? Was I absent in school that day? Did I miss that class? Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:13 am

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Hard question

Do you have a favorite field?” she asked. I shifted my weight, pushed back my cap and glanced west. Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:40 am

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Massing at the borders

“How odd,” Brian thought. A high- pitched sound off to the north, like a thousand screams, pierced the sky. Then he saw them. A long, ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:37 am

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Momentous decision

It was a turning point. My hand was forced. A decision was imminent, thrust upon me by the mighty force of time, whose relentless march ... Read more

by Rex Alphin, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:19 am

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