Stephen Faleski

Smithfield

Reporter at The Smithfield Times

DSU grad. Smithfield Times reporter

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Route 17 widening approved for state funding - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 7:05 pm Friday, June 6, 2025 Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved state funding for the widening of Carrollton Boulevard. Construction of the two-phase project would tentatively begin in fiscal year 2032-33. The Virginia Department of Transportation recommended in January that the CTB award funding for 11 Hampton Roads District projects.
IW bomb suspect’s trial date delayed six months - Windsor Weekly

3 weeks ago | windsorweekly.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 5:15 pm Friday, June 6, 2025 The trial date for Brad Spafford, the Isle of Wight County man accused of stockpiling more than 150 pipe bombs, has been moved six months to Nov. 18. The latest court filing comes three weeks after U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen granted a joint motion by prosecutors and Spafford’s attorneys to delay the trial, which had originally been scheduled to begin May 28.
Smithfield adopts water, sewer increases, $15M budget - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 1:55 pm Friday, June 6, 2025 Smithfield’s Town Council voted on June 3 to adopt the town’s 2025-26 fiscal year budget, which includes a water and sewer rate hike but no other fee or tax increases.
Time capsule found at Surry masonic lodge - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 8:01 pm Thursday, June 5, 2025 The town of Surry’s former fire station on Church Street contains a cornerstone engraved with the words “Jefferson Lodge No. 65, A.F. and A.M., 1801-1945” and the square-and-compass symbol of the Freemasons, a worldwide and centuries-old society of men whose ranks once included George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers of the United States.
Cutler wants town growth study - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 7:54 pm Thursday, June 5, 2025 Smithfield Town Councilman Darren Cutler wants data on the cumulative financial impact of every in-progress and proposed housing development in the town limits.
Former IWA teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 7:50 pm Thursday, June 5, 2025 A former Isle of Wight Academy teacher pleaded guilty on May 21 in Isle of Wight County Circuit Court to three felony counts of producing child pornography. Zachary Hinz, 38, is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 13 pending the completion of a pre-sentence report.
Harris: Land buy for bike trail would offset Red Point Taphouse water cost - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 5:40 pm Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Smithfield Vice Mayor Bill Harris proposed on June 3 that the town buy right-of-way from Red Point Taphouse for a long-planned but stalled walking and pedestrian trail. Doing so could offset roughly half of the cost Red Point would otherwise incur to connect to town water, Harris said.
IW bomb suspect’s trial date delayed six months - The Suffolk News-Herald

3 weeks ago | suffolknewsherald.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, June 4, 2025 The trial date for Brad Spafford, the Isle of Wight County man accused of stockpiling more than 150 pipe bombs, has been moved six months to Nov. 18. The latest court filing comes three weeks after U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen granted a joint motion by prosecutors and Spafford’s attorneys to delay the trial, which had originally been scheduled to begin May 28.
‘Salty Shell’ gift shop opens - The Suffolk News-Herald

3 weeks ago | suffolknewsherald.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 3:26 pm Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Two Isle of Wight County women have partnered to open a gift shop in Suffolk. Elizabeth “Betsy” Gwaltney Brake, who was born and raised in Smithfield, and Patti Hornsby, who recently relocated to Carrollton from Richmond, are the proprietors of “The Salty Shell on Bennetts Creek,” which recently opened in a converted 1930s-era gas station on the east bank of Bennett Creek off Bridge Road.
Second Surry Finance Department employee leaves - Smithfield Times

3 weeks ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

Published 2:29 pm Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Payroll records show a second employee left Surry County’s Finance Department in April. Angela Smoots, who had been a senior accountant under former Finance Director Steve Morris, was no longer on the county’s payroll as of April 10, according to records the Times obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request. Her departure appears to have come days after Morris left his role for unexplained reasons.