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Catholic Church of the Visitation announces Lenten-Easter services

Catholic Church of the Visitation in Topping released its 2021 Lenten-Easter schedule last week. Services offered include: 9 a.m. Feb. 28 — Second Sunday of...

Willie Glenn Sears

Willie Glenn Sears, 53, of Saluda, a building contractor and graduate of York Academy, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. He was predeceased by...

Jeffrey Earl Trainham

Jeffrey Earl Trainham, 54 of Waterview, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. He was predeceased by his father Alonzo A. Trainham. Left to treasure his memories...

Skate park eyed for site at Cooks Corner

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex Christian Skaters Skateboarding Club (MCSSC) may soon have a new county sanctioned skate park on a concrete slab left...

Middlesex supervisors OK increasing deputies salaries

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved on Feb. 2 to increase starting Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies’ salaries...

Councilor Hollberg voices concerns over lack of audits

by Tom Chillemi -  The Town of Urbanna books have not been audited for two years, Councilor Steve Hollberg informed the town council at its...

Revamp of Urbanna charter will have to wait until 2022

by Tom Chillemi -  The Urbanna Town Council voted on Feb. 11 to petition the General Assembly to amend the town’s charter so that the...

Virginia aquaculture gets a boost

To help put aquaculture farming on par with its land-based counterparts, the Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC) received a $750,000 grant from the...

Mail deliveries not always “swift”

by Jackie Nunnery -  As the unofficial postal motto goes, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the...

Race is on to vaccinate before lethal variants hit

(Editor’s note: As of Monday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 466 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, up 26 from the...

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