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Smithfield Foods disclosed additional details on Jan. 21 regarding its planned United States stock listing, including it...
01/21/2025

Smithfield Foods disclosed additional details on Jan. 21 regarding its planned United States stock listing, including its expected price per share.

Smithfield Foods disclosed additional details on Jan. 21 regarding its planned United States stock listing, including its expected price per share. According to a news release, the company will make an underwritten initial public offering of 34.8 million shares of its common stock at a price that’...

Smithfield’s Town Council will wait until February to vote on new entrance corridor and historic district guidelines.
01/20/2025

Smithfield’s Town Council will wait until February to vote on new entrance corridor and historic district guidelines.

Smithfield’s Town Council will wait until February to vote on new entrance corridor and historic district guidelines. The town’s Board of Historic and Architectural Review in November advanced new guidelines drafted by Colorado-based Chronicle Heritage, formerly PaleoWest, which the town retaine...

Aside from his concern over the added traffic to Benns Church Boulevard, at least one member of Smithfield’s Planning Co...
01/20/2025

Aside from his concern over the added traffic to Benns Church Boulevard, at least one member of Smithfield’s Planning Commission voiced support on Jan. 14 for Bridger’s Quarter, a new development that proposes subdividing a 17½-acre farm off the four-lane highway into six commercial parcels.

Aside from his concern over the added traffic to Benns Church Boulevard, at least one member of Smithfield’s Planning Commission voiced support on Jan. 14 for Bridger’s Quarter, a new development that proposes subdividing a 17½-acre farm off the four-lane highway into six commercial parcels. Sm...

“Any situation you put him in, he was going to turn out to be a leader.” That’s how lawyer H. Woodrow Crook said he’ll ...
01/20/2025

“Any situation you put him in, he was going to turn out to be a leader.” That’s how lawyer H. Woodrow Crook said he’ll remember Obed “O.A.” Spady, whose decades of civic service to Isle of Wight County spanned multiple volunteer organizations and 16 years representing Carrollton on the county’s Board of Supervisors, the last eight as chairman.

“Any situation you put him in, he was going to turn out to be a leader.” That’s how lawyer H. Woodrow Crook said he’ll remember Obed “O.A.” Spady, whose decades of civic service to Isle of Wight County spanned multiple volunteer organizations and 16 years representing Carrollton on the c...

Operations at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry are temporarily suspended due to mechanical issues with the ramp on the James...
01/20/2025

Operations at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry are temporarily suspended due to mechanical issues with the ramp on the James City County side.

Operations at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry are temporarily suspended due to mechanical issues with the ramp on the James City County side. Virginia Department of Transportation’s Hampton Roads District issued the alert just before 10 a.m. on Jan. 20, which states ferry operations will be suspended...

Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted 6-1 on Jan. 14 to favorably recommend a change to the town’s zoning ordinance, wh...
01/20/2025

Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted 6-1 on Jan. 14 to favorably recommend a change to the town’s zoning ordinance, which if approved by the Town Council would allow developer Vincent Carollo to move forward with his plans for just over an acre of land at Washington, James and Clay streets that he purchased from Joseph Luter IV last year.

Smithfield’s Planning Commission voted 6-1 on Jan. 14 to favorably recommend a change to the town’s zoning ordinance, which if approved by the Town Council would allow developer Vincent Carollo to move forward with his plans for just over an acre of land at Washington, James and Clay streets tha...

Virginia Department of Transportation contractor crews are scheduled to begin daily alternating single-lane and shoulder...
01/17/2025

Virginia Department of Transportation contractor crews are scheduled to begin daily alternating single-lane and shoulder closures on Carrollton Boulevard, also known as Route 17, starting Jan. 20 between James River Trail and Brewers Neck Boulevard as part of the Nike Park Road extension.

Virginia Department of Transportation contractor crews are scheduled to begin daily alternating single-lane and shoulder closures on Carrollton Boulevard, also known as Route 17, starting Jan. 20 between James River Trail and Brewers Neck Boulevard as part of the Nike Park Road extension. According....

A developer of affordable housing received unanimous approval from Smithfield’s Planning Commission to move forward with...
01/17/2025

A developer of affordable housing received unanimous approval from Smithfield’s Planning Commission to move forward with renovation plans for Jersey Park Apartments.

A developer of affordable housing received unanimous approval from Smithfield’s Planning Commission to move forward with renovation plans for Jersey Park Apartments. Salisbury, Maryland-based Green Street Housing announced in 2024 that it would purchase the 80-unit West Main Street housing complex...

Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority could lose roughly 20 acres of developable land and 380,000 square...
01/16/2025

Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority could lose roughly 20 acres of developable land and 380,000 square feet of buildable area across four for-sale, EDA-owned parcels should the county follow through with a proposal to increase to 300 feet the distance required between industrial-zoned properties and residential communities, according to Economic Development Director Kristi Sutphin.

Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Authority could lose roughly 20 acres of developable land and 380,000 square feet of buildable area across four for-sale, EDA-owned parcels should the county follow through with a proposal to increase to 300 feet the distance required between industrial-...

Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller on Jan. 15, Brad Spafford, 36, pleaded not guilty to two felony ch...
01/16/2025

Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller on Jan. 15, Brad Spafford, 36, pleaded not guilty to two felony charges: possessing an unregistered short-barrel rifle and possessing an unregistered destructive device.

A federal judge has set a May 28 trial date for the Isle of Wight County man accused of stockpiling what a federal prosecutor described as the largest cache of homemade explosives ever seized by the FBI. Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller on Jan. 15, Brad Spafford, 36, pleaded not...

Smithfield and Isle of Wight County residents will be able to review plans for the widening of Main Street at its inters...
01/15/2025

Smithfield and Isle of Wight County residents will be able to review plans for the widening of Main Street at its intersection with the Route 10 Bypass during the two hours prior to a scheduled February public hearing on the matter.

Smithfield and Isle of Wight County residents will be able to review plans for the widening of Main Street at its intersection with the Route 10 Bypass during the two hours prior to a scheduled February public hearing on the matter. According to a public notice published in the Jan. 15 print edition...

The Carrollton Publix officially opened this morning at 7 a.m.
01/15/2025

The Carrollton Publix officially opened this morning at 7 a.m.

Robbie Prior woke up before sunrise on Jan. 15 to stand outside in 27-degree weather awaiting the opening of the Carrollton Publix. The South Africa transplant, who now lives in Smithfield, said he’s shopped at other Publix stores, including one that opened in Suffolk in 2023, and was impressed by...

Isle of Wight County supervisors and firefighters held a groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 10 for what will be an expansio...
01/14/2025

Isle of Wight County supervisors and firefighters held a groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 10 for what will be an expansion of the Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department.

Isle of Wight County supervisors and firefighters held a groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 10 for what will be an expansion of the Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department. The supervisors voted in August to award a construction contract to Norfolk-based Pacemakers Inc., the lowest of four bidders at $1.59....

Construction of a natural gas pipeline expansion that will pass through six South Hampton Roads localities has begun but...
01/14/2025

Construction of a natural gas pipeline expansion that will pass through six South Hampton Roads localities has begun but is on hold for the winter.

Construction of a natural gas pipeline expansion that will pass through six South Hampton Roads localities has begun but is on hold for the winter. Columbia Gas Transmission LLC, a subsidiary of Canada-based TC Energy unaffiliated with Columbia Gas of Virginia, received approval from the Federal Ene...

This year’s race for Virginia’s 82nd House of Delegates seat is shaping up to be a Kim versus Kim rematch.
01/13/2025

This year’s race for Virginia’s 82nd House of Delegates seat is shaping up to be a Kim versus Kim rematch.

This year’s race for Virginia’s 82nd House of Delegates seat is shaping up to be a Kim versus Kim rematch. Del. Kim Taylor, R-Petersburg, won reelection in 2023 by a margin of just 53 votes over her Democratic challenger, Kimberly Pope Adams. Taylor, on Jan. 7, announced her intention to seek a ...

Some homeowners in the town of Windsor could find themselves living in a flood zone under new floodplain maps developed ...
01/13/2025

Some homeowners in the town of Windsor could find themselves living in a flood zone under new floodplain maps developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Some homeowners in the town of Windsor could find themselves living in a flood zone under new floodplain maps developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Others in the southern tip of the county closer to the city of Franklin, who were previously in a designated flood zone due to their pro...

A developer’s plans call for subdividing a 17½-acre farm off Benns Church Boulevard into six commercial parcels.
01/13/2025

A developer’s plans call for subdividing a 17½-acre farm off Benns Church Boulevard into six commercial parcels.

A developer’s plans call for subdividing a 17½-acre farm off Benns Church Boulevard into six commercial parcels. Hampton-based Harrison and Lear submitted an application on Dec. 9 to Isle of Wight County seeking general commercial zoning for “Bridger’s Quarter,” which would abut The Oaks Ve...

The Smithfield Times will for now remain at its current office at 228 Main St.
01/10/2025

The Smithfield Times will for now remain at its current office at 228 Main St.

The Smithfield Times will for now remain at its current office at 228 Main St. The Town Council voted Jan. 7 to reject two offers the town received last year to purchase the building. The higher of the two had offered $400,000, or 75% of the property’s appraised value, for conversion to a food, be...

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