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MC residents urged to send in census form

Middlesex response rate 27% below state average; funding losses feared by Larry Chowning -  It is “census year” and time for Middlesex County households to fill...

Urbanna to host golf cart parade

Dozens of decorated, socially distanced golf carts will parade through Urbanna in celebration of the upcoming Labor Day weekend. The 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept....

VHSL releases calendar draft for upcoming school year

by Lisa Valdrighi -  High school athletes will have a busy few months, starting in December.       Following a special executive committee work session...

Middlesex 241 baseball teams square off

Middlesex Marines’ Trey Fitchett covers second base as Middlesex Army’s Michael Barney comes sliding in during Aug. 17 baseball action at Deltaville Ballpark. The...

Middlesex school board hears impassioned plea to use care with COVID-19

Hartfield woman describes, in a letter, her family’s battle with coronavirus cases At the Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) meeting on Aug. 10, Christy...

Church cemetery ceremonies to honor lighthouse keepers

On Saturday, Oct. 3, volunteers with the nonprofit organization, U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter, will honor seven Chesapeake Bay late lighthouse keepers...

Exactly what is Christian Citizenship?

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a special two-part column series.) In the midst of this strange year, there is one predictable and ominous...

Cross Street

Cross St. is history marker #2 of 14 in Urbanna's Museum in the Streets walking/driving tour. The video aspect of the tour is currently...

Margaret Smith Feil

Margaret Smith Feil, a 21-years resident of Westminster-Canterbury, Irvington, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. She is survived by her sons, John Fletcher Smith...

Jack B. Schappell Sr.

Jack B. Schappell Sr., 95, passed away Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Dunlop House...

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