Raiders enter season with familiar crew - The Tidewater News
Sep 5, 2024 · Southampton Academy’s varsity football team enjoys some significant continuity entering the 2024 season after losing only one player due to graduation. Cole Heiderich, who is back for his third year as the Raiders’ head coach, said, “We lost our lone senior from last year, Sam Sawyer. Though not a huge loss numbers-wise, we used Sam […]
Council receives city projects update - The Tidewater News
Nov 15, 2024 · Franklin City Manager Rosylen Oglesby provided Franklin City Council with an update at its Oct. 28 meeting on certain projects taking place throughout the community, including the efforts to help some residents of Dorchester Square Apartments whose units lost power for days in September due to an electrical issue. DORCHESTER SQUARE APARTMENTS During the council’s […]
FCPS christens new Career and Technical Academy
Nov 25, 2024 · Franklin City Public Schools held the grand opening of its new Joseph P. King Jr. Career and Technical Academy on Thursday, Nov. 14, giving attendees an extensive look at the many offerings of the new facility designed to prepare students to enter the workforce. FCPS had previously moved its eighth grade students to Franklin High […]
Windsor receives outstanding audit report - The Tidewater News
Nov 25, 2024 · The Virginia Certified Public Accountant firm Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates rendered an unmodified opinion on the town of Windsor’s fiscal year 2024 financial statements, which is the ideal outcome of an audit. Aaron Hawkins, an RFC representative, shared details of the audit with the Windsor Town Council at its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12. “The […]
Franklin Christmas Parade draws high praise - The Tidewater News
Dec 11, 2024 · (See a gallery of photos below the story.) The 2024 Franklin Christmas Parade garnered rave reviews, with some describing it as the best one they had ever seen in the city. The event, presented by the Franklin Department of Parks and Recreation, began at 7 p.m. amid temperatures in the mid-to-lower 20s, but a sizable […]
Windsor community rallies around Pierce - The Tidewater News
Nov 15, 2024 · The strength of an individual’s character and the quality of a community are revealed during challenging circumstances. Because of those realities, there is overwhelming inspiration present in the story of 20-year-old Carson Pierce during a tremendously difficult chapter in his life. Pierce, who has lived in Windsor since he was 2, was in a serious […]
Cheatham made challenges into opportunities - The Tidewater News
Nov 25, 2024 · Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of six articles, each highlighting one of the 2024 inductees to the Franklin Community Wall of Excellence. The first in the series can be viewed by clicking here: Daniel T. Balfour. The Franklin Community Wall of Excellence gained six new names via its 2024 class. Those […]
2025 Calendar Photo Contest - The Tidewater News
The Tidewater News 2025 Calendar Photo Contest. Submit your high resolution horizontal photo for a chance to be featured in our 2025 calendar. Only original photographs taken by yourself, in color, and unedited will be accepted.
Board engages law firm to seek forensic audit equivalent
Nov 21, 2024 · The Southampton County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday, Nov. 6, to engage a law firm to represent it as it seeks to learn more about the management and finances of Southampton County Public Schools. The motion that Board Chairman Dr. Alan W. Edwards indicated was unanimously approved Nov. 6 was “to approve and ratify […]
SCPS board analyzes SOL data - The Tidewater News
Oct 4, 2024 · Members of Southampton County Public Schools’ Central Office presented an SOL data report to the Southampton County School Board on Aug. 21 that highlighted the accreditation status of each school in the division and student SOL pass rates from spring 2024. The reports pertaining to the status of each school’s accreditation stemmed from the Virginia […]