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UUMC Advent events slated

The season of Advent, which comes from the Latin word “adventus,” meaning “coming” or “visit,” begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas...

Lloyd Dean Ware

Lloyd Dean Ware, 81, of Jamaica passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. He was a U.S. Air Force and Navy veteran having served two...

Main Light Up Urbanna offerings canceled

Woman’s Club craft sale still on; shops, restaurants still doing business By Don Richeson -  COVID-19 is weighing down Santa’s sack with a lump of coal...

Janice Harris Shanks

Janice Harris Shanks, 88, passed away Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 52 years, Samuel Lee Shanks...

Some Middlesex residents may be gone, but will never be forgotten

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  URBANNA — One privilege a writer has is opportunity to meet and know many people. Today I remember just a few...

Middlesex Elementary staffer tests positive for COVID-19

Five students and two staff members quarantined by Larry Chowning -       A Middlesex County Public School (MCPS) employee has tested positive for COVID-19,...

Town of Urbanna gets park rehab proposals

by Tom Chillemi -  The Town of Urbanna has received three proposals from architectural and engineering firms that are interested in designing and engineering a...

Middlesex won’t join Scenic Rivers

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted 3-2 Wednesday, Nov. 4, to not endorse a study by Virginia’s Department of...

Sentinel has early deadline for next issue

Because area post offices will be closed on Thanksgiving day, next week’s Southside Sentinel will appear a day early -- on Wednesday, Nov. 25...

RCC announces its plans for 2021 spring semester

All know that these are trying times. A lot of tough decisions need to be made in light of COVID-19, unemployment, and life in...

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