Isle of Wight County

Carrollton Elementary School classes were challenged to gather as many canned goods and other foods as possible for the county's underprivileged. The class that collected the most would get $100 in scholastic dollars to be used at the book fair hosted...

The Toys for Tots classic car show will be held Saturday rain or shine at Charlie Daniel's Racing, 20128 IWIP Road. Registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the entry fee is $15 plus toys. First-, second- and third-place prize trophies, plus best in show,...

Demographers at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service found that some tax allocations to local school divisions might be unfair because they don't always count their school-age residents accurately. York County and...

When Jean Aims sees the mural above the customer window of the Smithfield Post Office, she recognizes it as a treasure overlooked by many of the people who visit there. Unfortunately, the mural is facing a problem other than neglect —...

++++++++++++++++++++ || || ++++++++++++++++++++ Landowners of the shelved Benn's Grant development have found a new developer and plan to make a presentation today before the Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors. The proposed development —...

A dinner and auction held Oct. 18 by the Education Foundation for Isle of Wight County Public Schools' Students welcomed 200 guests and garnered just over $40,000 in proceeds for the foundation. The evening began as patrons bid on more than 150 silent...

Animals at the Virginia Living Museum have been feasting on home-grown vegetables such as green beans, corn, squash and fruits such as figs, melons and tomatoes. It's all been cultivated in the Virginia Garden at the museum where visitors can see how 400...

A Northern Virginia company has alerted Isle of Wight County officials that it intends to spread sludge on three county farms soon. The company, Recyc Systems Inc., received a state permit back in June 2006 to do so — the sludge is used as a soil...

Here are a few ways you can get involved in your community: Children's Center needs volunteers in Smithfield, Suffolk and Franklin. Information: 757-562-6806, ext. 329 or www.thechildrenscenter.cc. Citizens' Committee to Protect the Elderly needs...

It wasn't that long ago that Linda West's Sunday afternoons were devoted to drawing up science and math lessons for her first-graders. "My husband would be like, 'Can't you use the same ones as last year?' " said West, who is now a lead teacher. "No,...

Al Guerra remembers what it was like to be Hispanic in Hampton Roads more than 20 years ago, when he first moved his family to York County. "There were just two Hispanic families that I knew about," said Guerra, an engineer who left New England to work...

Location, location, location. When it comes to real estate assessments, where a property is can matter greatly in how much of a bite is taken, come tax time. And it doesn't end within a locality. Each locality in the region — stretching from...