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Orbit Road solar farm developers pledge to replant improperly felled trees
A 20-acre solar farm on Orbit Road is back on track to begin construction after its owner agreed to replant trees buffering the property that ...
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Energy task force gives quarterly update
Isle of Wight County’s energy task force plans to make its recommendations to the Board of Supervisors within the next nine months. The supervisors voted ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5:08 pm
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Area juvenile detainees will move to Williamsburg
Isle of Wight and Southampton counties have partnered with the cities of Franklin and Suffolk to house children accused of crimes at the Merrimac Juvenile ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5:07 pm
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Guardsman who sued Windsor officers again seeks new trial
The Virginia National Guardsman who sued Windsor police officers for holding him at gunpoint and pepper-spraying him during a 2020 traffic stop is again asking ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5:02 pm
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Economic development director, chamber president stepping down
The day after Isle of Wight Economic Development Director Chris Morello announced his resignation, the county’s Chamber of Commerce announced its president would also be ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5:01 pm
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School Board rescinds member raises, citing deficit
Isle of Wight County School Board members have rescinded their June decision to give themselves raises, citing the school division’s still-unresolved deficit from the prior ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 7:28 pm
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CFO: Half-million loss in state funding due to IWCS employee error
Isle of Wight County Schools’ chief financial officer says a mistake in the school division’s reports to the state caused a half-million-dollar reduction in state ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 7:28 pm
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IW school attendance improving, but test scores stagnate
Isle of Wight County Schools saw improved attendance last school year over the prior one, but the division still hasn’t returned to its pre-pandemic pass ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, September 15, 2023 5:29 pm
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New funding source needed for central office renovation
A $600,000-plus deficit from the prior school year is one of two financial crises facing Isle of Wight County’s School Board. The other entails finding ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, September 15, 2023 5:27 pm
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Proposed solar farm would be Isle of Wight’s largest
A new solar farm proposed at the border of Isle of Wight and Surry counties would be Isle of Wight’s ninth, and largest. Sycamore Cross ...