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Credit where credit is due

In recent years, this newspaper has devoted countless column inches of newsprint to issues regarding our region’s public ...

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My grandmother and Ronald Reagan

In the fall of 1980, I was a 9-year-old fourth grader at Southampton Elementary School. I loved baseball, ...

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Finally, about the flag

In recent weeks, I’ve more frequently been asked why I hadn’t yet written about the flag controversy than ...

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Children, not color, should be concern

A recent story in the New Journal and Guide, a historically black newspaper in Hampton Roads, should be ...

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A few thoughts

In another week or so, decisions regarding two seats on the Southampton County School Board will be rendered ...

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Teach the whole child

In several recent issues of The Tidewater News, there have been several news stories and opinion pieces regarding ...

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No more excuses

Members of Franklin’s City Council have gone to great lengths in recent years to absolve themselves of responsibility ...

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Big school envy

We have a longstanding policy of waiting at least 24 hours after an event takes place to editorialize ...

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Hoping that bald really is beautiful

Did you know that every three minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer?

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Freedom of speech

At a recent meeting of the Franklin City School Board, a Franklin resident attempted to address the board ...

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