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Windsor Weekly A newspaper dedicated to serving the town of Windsor, Virginia - the heart of Isle of Wight County
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19/08/2024

Isle of Wight County’s School Board is proposing tweaks to its end-of-course exam exemption policy in hopes of incentivizing middle and high school students to minimize absences. The division has long allowed an end-of-course exam exemption for high school students who maintain a B-minus or higher...

18/08/2024

The “460 Commerce Center,” a roughly 352,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility under construction in Isle of Wight County’s Shirley T. Holland Intermodal Park, is on track for substantial completion by August 2025, according to Isle of Wight Economic Development Director Kris...

18/08/2024

Completion of the Duke Street and Virginia Avenue Water Main Replacement Project in Windsor has been delayed, but the town and the project’s other relevant parties are taking steps to bring the endeavor to a successful conclusion. Windsor Town Manager William Saunders gave the Windsor Town Council...

17/08/2024

Now that Isle of Wight County Schools has withdrawn from the Virginia School Boards Association, it’s up to the School Board to decide which of its more than 420 policies need updates, and how often. A two-member committee consisting of School Board Vice Chairman Mark Wooster and member John Colli...

17/08/2024

Isle of Wight County’s Economic Development Department plans to assist Keurig Dr. Pepper with marketing its Windsor roasting plant slated for closure. The beverage manufacturer, which produces the Dr. Pepper and Snapple brands and the single-serve K-cups used in Keurig coffee makers, announced in ...

16/08/2024

The sixth annual Camp25/FDPR Soccer League offered notable excitement on the pitch this summer, drawing 118 participants aged 4-14 who hailed from Franklin, Southampton County, Windsor and Suffolk. The league featured eight teams — four in the Rookie Division, which was for ages 4-8, and four in t...

13/08/2024

The Norfolk Tides announced their 2025 schedule. The 2024 campaign will begin versus the Durham Bulls, the Tampa Bay Rays affiliate, on Friday, March 28th. For the second straight season, the Tides will host home games in March to open the year. In total, Norfolk will play a 150-game schedule featur...

12/08/2024

The Windsor Police Department hosted its annual National Night Out event on Tuesday, Aug. 6, drawing an estimated 130 to 140 people to Windsor Town Center for free food, fun and partnership-building. The official National Night Out website describes NNO as “an annual community-building campaign th...

10/08/2024

The Walters Ladies Community Club was seeking to do a great thing for the community when it founded the Walters Community Carnival, and the third annual iteration of the event Saturday, Aug. 3, left attendees feeling like the club had succeeded. “We think it went well,” Walters Ladies Community ...

08/08/2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a Tornado Warning for south central Isle of Wight County until 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8, with the tornadic storm expected to be near Windsor around 2:50 p.m. Regarding the impact of the storm, NWS reports, “Flying debris will be dangerous to t...

08/08/2024

Commercial burglaries occurred in Franklin and Windsor in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 6, and collaboration between the Windsor, Franklin, and Suffolk police departments led to the arrest of a suspect and the recovery of the stolen property later that day. A Wednesday, Aug. 7, Windsor Po...

06/08/2024

High school seniors in career and technical education programs throughout Isle of Wight County Schools recently signed employment commitments with area businesses and industries. Programs represented included welding, manufacturing, culinary arts, early childhood education, and the teacher cadet pro...

06/08/2024

Citing a half-mile proximity to two other solar farms, Isle of Wight County’s Planning Commission is urging supervisors to reject a third bordering Orbit Road. The commission voted 7-2 on July 23 to recommend denial of a permit for Elk Development LLC, a subsidiary of Denver-based Pivot Energy, to...

05/08/2024

The Windsor Police Department and Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office are inviting the public to join them for National Night Out 2024 on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 6-8 p.m. at Windsor Town Center, which is located at 23361 Courthouse Highway in Windsor. The event will feature free hot dogs, drinks, ...

04/08/2024

The Windsor High School Creative Writing Team placed fourth in the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Creative Writing Competition. Students from all districts and regions compete against each other in the categories of non-fiction, short stories, and poetry. Marina Segreve, a recent graduate of WHS...

03/08/2024

The town of Windsor has a need for more young volunteers to help enrich and maintain the locality as a great place to live, work and play. The topic of youth volunteerism came up in a public comment shared by Julia Paul during the Windsor Town Council meeting on July 9. “I have the lovely […]

02/08/2024

Campers ranging from first to fifth grade had fun learning about pigs and ham on July 24 while spending an afternoon at Windsor Town Center with the Isle of Wight County Museum during the county Parks and Recreation Department’s Summer Blast Camp. “Participants learned about the phrase ‘everyt...

30/07/2024

Isle of Wight County Schools recently hosted a parent/family engagement event at Windsor High School for English Language (EL) students across the division. An IWCS news release noted that the Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office partnered with the school division and brought its rock wall, which...

29/07/2024

by Stella Payne I am enjoying the native plant Smooth Beardtongue (Penstemon laevigatus). The plant was bought at a Master Garden Native Plant sale. It is an asset to any garden and a joy to tend to. As a herbaceous, perennial, with trumpet-shaped pale purple flowers in terminal clusters, it grows t...

29/07/2024

Isle of Wight County sheriff’s deputies and Animal Control officers seized 44 malnourished animals from a Carrollton home on July 24. According to a news release, the Sheriff’s Office searched a home in the 13000 block of Smiths Neck Road after receiving multiple tips alleging illegal animal bre...

28/07/2024

The developer of the proposed Tidewater Logistics Center on the outskirts of Windsor is hoping one less warehouse will persuade Isle of Wight County supervisors to waive a one-year waiting period to reapply for industrial zoning. County officials, however, say the revision isn’t sufficiently diffe...

27/07/2024

An Isle of Wight County sheriff’s deputy accused of driving drunk on patrol has been fired and charged. The Sheriff’s Office arrested one of its own, Deputy Preston Saul, during the early-morning hours of July 16 after a fellow deputy on nighttime patrol said in court filings he’d discovered 2...

27/07/2024

The third annual Walters Community Carnival put on by the Walters Ladies Community Club will be offered Saturday, Aug. 3, as a free, fun event for anyone in the community and surrounding areas. The carnival, featuring activities particularly aimed to appeal to school-age children, will take place fr...

26/07/2024

Changes in federal laws governing how emergency medical services agencies are allowed to dispense drugs have left Isle of Wight County with a four-month window to bring its Fire and Rescue service up to code. In 2013, Congress enacted the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, which set an enforcement date...

26/07/2024

The town of Windsor experienced a brief water outage on Tuesday, July 23, after an issue arose amid a fire hydrant replacement at the Windsor Volunteer Fire Department. Town Councilman Walter Bernacki, who also serves as a lieutenant and public information officer with the WVFD, said the cause of th...

21/07/2024

Windsor Mayor George Stubbs, among other local leaders, took some time early this week to share his reaction to the assassination attempt that took place against former President Donald Trump on Saturday, July 13, at a rally in Pennsylvania. Stubbs said, “First, I send my regrets that such an act ...

20/07/2024

Name: Jake Redd Age: 28 Family: Coming soonish. Education: Nansemond-Suffolk Academy; West Virginia University. Career: Entrepreneur and realtor. 1.) Why do you want to be reelected as a member of the Windsor Town Council? I believe that local government is very important, as many communities around...

20/07/2024

Name: Marlin W. Sharp Age: 68 Family: Wife – Ruth; married 43+ years; 3 grown children, 7 grandchildren Education: B.S. in Bible; Masters in Applied Ministry Career: 24+ years in pastoral ministry; now working as Field Director for STAND Foundation Inc. 1.) Why do you want to be reelected as a mem...

19/07/2024

Windsor Town Councilman Edward “Gibbie” Dowdy noted during the council’s July 9 meeting that motorists had begun speeding again on Bank Street following the removal of RADAR-equipped speed monitoring signs utilized by the Windsor Police Department. Dowdy conferred with WPD Chief Rodney “Dan....

17/07/2024

Keurig Dr. Pepper will close its roasting plant in Isle of Wight County’s Shirley T. Holland Intermodal Park on the outskirts of Windsor by the end of the year. Isle of Wight County and Keurig each confirmed the impending shutdown in July 17 statements. “The timing of this closure aligns with th...

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