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  • 1 day ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

    Published 6:45 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2025 A regional fiber optic internet buildout remains on track to be completed this summer, Charter Communications recently told The Smithfield Times. Charter, the area’s dominant internet service provider, broke ground in mid-2022 on a then-$37 million expansion of high-speed internet availability to the rural areas of Isle of Wight and Southampton counties and the city of Suffolk.

  • 1 day ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

    Published 6:36 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Isle of Wight County’s Planning Commission postponed voting on a revised concept for Bridge Point Commons after more than a dozen Carrollton residents who spoke at an April 22 public hearing said they opposed plans to turn a dead-end road into a secondary entrance to the proposed development.

  • 2 days ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

    Published 3:16 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2025 The developer of a proposed battery storage system off White Marsh Road in Surry County has scheduled a community meeting on April 30 for residents to learn more about the project. According to a notice sent to neighbors and published on the county’s Facebook page, the meeting will be from 5-7 p.m. at the Surry Community Center, 205 Enos Farm Drive.

  • 2 days ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

    Published 3:18 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Isle of Wight County supervisors voted unanimously on April 17 to approve a broadband internet antenna array proposed for one acre off Old Stage Highway. The project was first proposed more than a year ago.

  • 3 days ago | smithfieldtimes.com | Stephen Faleski

    Published 2:14 pm Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Surry County wasn’t the only Virginia locality to see voters struck from its registration rolls in January. According to Isle of Wight County Registrar Lisa Betterton, roughly 740 names were removed in that county in January as part of the list maintenance process mandated by the National Voter Registration Act. The affected voters are those deemed “inactive” for two consecutive federal general elections.

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