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Smithfield VA Events donates over $236,000 for 2023-24 season
Smithfield VA Events, the nonprofit organization that hosts the town’s annual Bacon & Bourbon Music Fest, BOB Fest and Wine & Brew Fest, celebrated the end of its 2023-24 season on May 8 at the Smithfield Center by donating $236,485 back to the community. The three festivals have netted $1.8 million in contributions since 2012. […]
Surry debuts driving tour highlighting Black, indigenous history
In 1860, a year before the start of the Civil War, over a third of Surry County’s African American population had already been freed from slavery under a 78-year-old, circa-1782 Virginia General Assembly law. It’s not something Bacon’s Castle District Supervisor Walter Hardy Jr. learned from a textbook as a product of the county’s public […]
Scholarship named for Hannah Goetz, SHS grad who died at 21
Smithfield High School’s National Honor Society chapter has created a scholarship fund named for Hannah Goetz, a former student who at age 21 lost her battle with cystic fibrosis last year. “It’s a challenge navigating the legalities and intricacies of establishing a scholarship, but we have started fundraising and are committed to this project in […]
Black waterman villages in Suffolk among Virginia’s most endangered historic places
For years, Mary Hill has watched her Suffolk community of Hobson slowly disappear. Hill is a seventh-generation descendant of Black freedmen who helped build the community centuries ago. They established a self-sufficient oyster industry that thrived along the Nansemond River until pollution devastated it starting around the 1960s. Since then,...
Packs buy three North Suffolk restaurants
By Ed Pugh and Stephen Faleski Staff Writers Smithfield’s Pack brothers have purchased three restaurants in North Suffolk. Randy Pack, who co-owns the Smithfield Station restaurant, hotel and marina and Surry Seafood Co., confirmed to The Smithfield Times that he, his brother, Brian, and Ken Dodd have purchased Decoys Seafood, River Stone Chophouse and Vintage […]
New Ceasefire Prosecutor takes aim at violent crime in Suffolk
At Suffolk Public Schools’ April Gang Violence Awareness event, residents may have noticed a new face joining the City’s fight against crime. Joining Commonwealth Attorney Narendra R. Pleas’ team, Thomas Jack Bondurant has taken on the role of Operations Ceasefire Prosecutor as part of the Pleas’ Operation Ceasefire Program, aiming at the recent crime and […] The post New Ceasefire Prosecutor takes aim at violent crime in Suffolk appeared first on The Suffolk News-Herald.
Preservation Virginia deems Surry church ruins endangered
The ruins of an 18th century Surry County church made Preservation Virginia’s list of the most endangered historic sites in the state. The nation’s oldest statewide preservation nonprofit, founded in 1889 as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, releases an annual list in May of sites across the state facing demolition or neglect. […]
Surry schools superintendent to retire
Surry County Public Schools Superintendent Serbrenia Sims announced at the School Board’s May 14 meeting that she will retire at the end of the school year. “It has been an honor and privilege to serve this community, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have worked alongside such dedicated educators, staff, students, and […]
Fun to Do: Cajun festival, monster trucks at the Oceanfront, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and more
Looking for something to do during the next week? Here are just a few happenings in Hampton Roads. Bayou Bon Vivant, a Cajun music, food and art festival, kicks off at noon Friday with free admission till 2 p.m. Tickets required from 2 to 10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 Saturday and noon to 6 Sunday. At Town Point Park, Waterside Drive, Norfolk. Single-day tickets start at $10. For more information ...
IAHR: Taylor Walkup-Amos
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Among all the teachers in the country, the Country Music Association has selected 30 music educators who are exceeding expectations in their duties. One of these exceptional music teachers is Taylor Walkup-Amos, who hails from Chesapeake. We had the chance to meet her at Yorktown Elementary School, where she is making a profound impact on her students’ lives through the magic of music on a daily basis.
On-Site and Non-instructional visit vote deadlocked
An ordinance to allow board members to conduct on-site and non-instructional visits to Suffolk schools deadlocked at 3-3 during the May 9 meeting. The deadlock is due to the absence of board member Phyliss Byrum, who, according to SPS board clerk Tarshia Gardner, was absent due to a medical condition that prevented her from attending. […] The post On-Site and Non-instructional visit vote deadlocked appeared first on The Suffolk News-Herald.
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