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“Discussion keeps a house alive. It cannot stand by bricks and mortar alone.” – Margaret Schlegel You might ...

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Board updated on roofing issues

Brian Camden, a representative of Alpha Construction, recommended the Southampton County School Board not hire an architect, but ...

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Architects, engineers to present three ideas for courthouse

Representatives of Moseley Architects and the Timmons Group, an engineering firm, are scheduled to make a presentation this ...

News

Task force: allow no-wake zones to remain

Leaving the existing no-wake zones on the Nottoway River to stay in place is the first recommendation of ...

Columnists

Olden times and ancient rhymes

Perhaps like me, you associate Christmas as much with the accompanying sounds as the other senses — the ...

Columnists

My inaugural address

No one is more surprised than me about being elected president in a landslide write-in vote. For the ...

Columnists

Halloween ain’t what it used to be

This Sunday afternoon I’m going to a church that’s sponsoring one of those Trunk-or-Treat events. As I understand ...

News

Southampton, Isle of Wight schools fully accredited

The Virginia Department of Education released its accreditation report on Wednesday, and both Southampton and Isle of Wight ...

Columnists

Benches for the supplicants

If you’ve ever had to attend a meeting of the Southampton or Isle of Wight supervisors — and ...

News

Virginia Beach author revisits ‘Route 58’

Western Tidewater residents are certainly familiar with Route 58 — at least the part that runs through Suffolk, ...

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