Opinion

Taste the season — locally

Western Tidewater is fortunate that there is a veritable cornucopia of individuals willing to share the bounty of ...

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Staff remains busy through pandemic

By Congressman A. Donald McEachin It’s July — almost midsummer — and, here in Virginia, we are slowly ...

Opinion

Confederate monument — historical significance

By C. Earl Blythe The Confederate monument located in Franklin Memorial Park was dedicated on June 3, 1911, ...

Opinion

Offensive road names must go

To the editor, There simply is no comparison between inconvenience and injustice. At last week’s meeting of the ...

Opinion

Supervisor pens open letter to governor

Governor Northam, I’m not going to argue the facts surrounding this pandemic, its actual severity and threat to ...

Opinion

Minimize perils of the season

Summer’s not a week old and already we’re feeling the burn, and we don’t mean in a healthy-exercise ...

Opinion

Someone to watch

By Desiree P. Urquhart In spring 2015, I approached the editor and publisher of this local newspaper and ...

Opinion

A dystopia in the making

To the Editor: “1984” by George Orwell, written 35 years prior to that year, predicted what lay ahead ...

Opinion

Paper asked to show people wearing protective equipment

To the Editor: I have just read a recent edition of The Tidewater News, and I feel rather ...

Opinion

What’s next for education in Virginia?

Gov. Ralph Northam’s recent announcement of reopening Virginia K-12 public schools in phases is encouraging, to be sure. ...

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