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Isle of Wight County

Proposed cigarette tax to be put to public hearing

ISLE OF WIGHT Isle of Wight’s Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 March 18 to authorize County Attorney Bobby Jones to draft an ordinance imposing a ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:14 pm

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BREAKING NEWS

S.P. Morton evacuated due to fire

FRANKLIN School officials say a failed capacitor in S.P. Morton Elementary’s air conditioning system is to blame for a fire that occurred in the building ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 5:22 pm

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Isle of Wight County

State Police pull two vehicles from Blackwater River

CARRSVILLE A Virginia State Police dive team raised two vehicles from the bottom of the Blackwater River March 10. One is a 1994 Ford F-150 ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, March 11, 2021 6:22 pm

Franklin

Council OKs funding for S.P. Morton bathroom renovation

FRANKLIN Franklin City Public Schools is reporting savings of nearly $800,000 from keeping classes virtual in light of COVID-19. On Feb. 22, the school division ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 6:27 pm

Franklin

Franklin to end recycling

FRANKLIN Franklin will end curbside recycling collection effective May 28. The city currently contracts with Bay Disposal & Recycling for curbside pickup of trash and ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Monday, March 8, 2021 9:22 pm

Isle of Wight County

New administrators in proposed ’22 school budget

SMITHFIELD Isle of Wight County Schools’ proposed $69.7 million budget for the next school year includes new central office positions, among them two coordinators who ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, February 25, 2021 8:40 pm

Franklin

Southampton Memorial Hospital now officially tax-exempt

FRANKLIN Franklin’s City Council voted unanimously Feb. 22 to formally grant tax-exempt status to Southampton Memorial Hospital, now that it’s owned by Bon Secours Mercy ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 6:08 pm

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BREAKING NEWS

Isle of Wight votes to move monument

ISLE OF WIGHT Isle of Wight’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Feb. 18 to relocate the Confederate monument that’s stood outside the county’s government complex ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:11 pm

Franklin

‘Race to the test’

Franklin High pushes to improve mid-year SOL scores FRANKLIN Franklin High School saw a notable decline in student performance on mid-year Standards of Learning tests. ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:26 pm

Isle of Wight County

Plastic bag tax?

ISLE OF WIGHT Isle of Wight County’s Board of Supervisors, on Feb. 4, discussed the possibility of enacting a 5-cent plastic bag tax in accordance ... Read more

by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, February 11, 2021 5:03 pm

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