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WAY TO GO! — Celebrating Read Across America Week
During the week of March 3, 2025, Meherrin Elementary School celebrated Read Across America Week. Shown is Southampton ...
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WAY TO GO! — Local library welcomes students to Touch-a-Truck event
The Courtland branch of the Blackwater Regional Library welcomed pre-K students from Southampton County Public Schools for a ...
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EDITORIAL: Let voters pick how to fund new schools
By stubbornly declaring an optional, voter-authorized sales tax to fund school construction to be an expensive “new tax” ...
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EDITORIAL: A season to remember
The 2024-25 season for the Franklin High School varsity boys’ basketball team may not have culminated in a ...
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LETTER: Praising local journalism and civic engagement
To the Editor: This is to commend The Tidewater News for its excellent news coverage of the goings-on ...
Lifestyles
LOOKING BACK: Remembering Fred Rabil
Ten years ago, on March 20, 2015, the legendary Fred Rabil, owner of Fred’s Restaurant in Franklin since ...
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EDITORIAL: Patients are the biggest losers in contract dispute
In the ongoing contract dispute between Bon Secours and Cigna, one thing is clear: the patients—the people these ...
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COLUMN: Tax season resources and events for veterans
By Thomas W. Mastaglio and Laurie Clay Your Turn It is tax season and we are certainly not ...
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COLUMN: I am reminded of ‘The Wizard of Oz’
By J. Edward Howell Jr. Your Turn To the best of my ability, I have followed the transpiring ...
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COLUMN: The commitment and process of school board service
By Robert Holt Your Turn As I listened to the speakers at the Feb. 27 Franklin School Board ...
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How to Watch ACC College Basketball Games – Tuesday, March 4
Only one ACC game is on Monday’s college basketball schedule. That matchup is the Wake Forest Demon Deacons…
Warriors vs. Hornets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – March 3
The Charlotte Hornets (14-45) will attempt to break a six-game losing streak when they host the Golden State…
Clippers vs. Hornets Tickets Available – Sunday, March 16
The Charlotte Hornets (14-45), on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at Intuit Dome, take on the Los Angeles Clippers…
College Basketball Picks Against the Spread: ACC Games Today, March 3
In one of the compelling matchups on the ACC college basketball schedule on Monday, the Wake Forest Demon…
Best Bets for NCAA Basketball Picks Against the Spread for Monday, March 3
Monday’s college basketball schedule features several interesting games, including the matchup between the McNeese Cowboys and the Stephen…