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A ‘remarkable’ year for TowneBank

TowneBank executives said it took monumental teamwork to weather the storm on the economy resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. During its annual shareholders meeting, held ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 4:53 pm

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King’s Fork teacher ready to help recapture learning loss from pandemic

Though Scott Graham was used to teaching virtually even before the coronavirus pandemic closed schools last year, it didn’t make it easier to gauge how ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Monday, June 7, 2021 9:06 pm

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Pandemic teaching has been ‘lesson in improv comedy’ for Middle School Teacher of the Year

If you’re a teacher and you’re in the middle of being evaluated, and then the superintendent walks in and tells you that you’re the city-wide ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, June 4, 2021 6:39 pm

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City breaks ground on $84 million Route 58 expansion project

By the volume of trucks and cars on U.S. Route 58 around 2 p.m. on a rainy afternoon, the need for improvements to a 3.1-mile ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Thursday, June 3, 2021 11:35 pm

Suffolk Living

Can’t refuse the refuse

If you see Bubba in his truck, give him a wave, a wide berth and enough space between your trash cans, please. From the time ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Thursday, June 3, 2021 8:11 pm

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Resolution draws ire of gun rights supporters in emotionally-charged meeting

Gun rights supporters had accused Mayor Mike Duman of betrayal, while the daughter of a former City Councilman whose son died in a shooting just ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:48 pm

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City Council briefed on compensation plan

Human Resources Director Robin Wynn provided Suffolk City Council with an outline of how the city will address its compensation study and its areas of ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Wednesday, June 2, 2021 8:04 pm

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Elementary School Teacher of the Year

Ashley Nettles has used the morning meeting as a way to check in on her students’ social and emotional needs, knowing that in the middle ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:22 pm

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Memorial Day honored with wreath-laying at Cedar Hill Cemetery

COVID-19 may have altered its plans to honor the fallen for Memorial Day, but it still didn’t stop members of the Norman R. Matthews American ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Monday, May 31, 2021 7:21 pm

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City celebrates public housing rebuild in groundbreaking ceremony

Tony Arline was 14 the last time he walked through the door of apartment 1169 in the public housing complex then known as Cypress Manor.  Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, May 28, 2021 6:11 pm

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