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Children deserve a chance, a choice

By Nathan Rice I was looking through old pictures when I stumbled across one of myself from years ...

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The perfect storm

By Westley B. Drake In the 2000 film, “The Perfect Storm” the captain and crew of the Andrea ...

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Holland faithfully served and protected county

Master Deputy Burrell Holland joined the Southampton County Sheriff’s Office in 1985. He served the county dispatching, as ...

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Wartime truce

By Robert “Bob” Holt World War One was called the “Great War” and the “War to end all ...

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Support local businesses and put money in your pocket

As gas prices continue to rise not only do they impact us at the pump but higher gas ...

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Right time to cut grocery tax

Typically, we’d be skeptical of a proposal to eliminate Virginia’s sales tax on groceries. While crowing about cutting ...

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Teachers deserve better

To the Editor: I keep wondering what we are going to do when the teachers quit. I expect ...

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A meat-free Lent

To the Editor: In Western churches, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, ...

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Ash Wednesday is a day of prayer and fasting for peace

It’s Ash Wednesday, March 2, a solemn, religious tradition, observed annually by all of us Christians (especially Catholics) ...

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A Black history prose poem

By Ricky Clemons I love writing prose poetry about my good Lord Jesus Christ, and I love writing ...

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