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Hail and farewell to Hardin

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Tom Hardin retired last month after many years serving Middlesex County as editor of the Southside Sentinel. Over...

Residents do street collection for food pantry

Cedar Pointe Homeowners Association President Mike McClellan, left, and his wife, Sarah McClellan, show off their donation-filled pickup truck Saturday morning. They later drove...

Spirit of America conference now scheduled for Oct. 8-11

The local chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Mary Ball Washington, has received word that the Spirit of America Conference originally scheduled for...

Scholarships offered by vegetable growers

A scholarship program is offered by the Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association (NNVGA) Inc. to promote the agricultural educational endeavors of individuals within the...

Crittenden Memorial Scholarship offers $500 to current MHS senior

Applications are now available for the Matthew S. Crittenden Memorial Scholarship. This year’s recipient will receive a four-year scholarship in the amount of $500...

Spring is a thing

Making its early spring rounds last week, a tiger swallowtail butterfly alights azalea blooms near the Middlesex County Library in Urbanna. The identity of...

Help is available to assist seniors to stay at home during pandemic

Proving the adage that necessity is the mother of invention, the COVID-19 pandemic has spawned new and innovative partnerships to help communities as they...

Baseball was “king” in Urbanna in bygone decades

This is the second part of a special three-part series on Middlesex County semi-pro baseball teams and is on the Urbanna team. It was...

Baseball helped calm feuding between Urbanna, Deltaville

by Larry Chowning - Last week, centenarian Norton Hurd of Deltaville recalled a story that reflects the notion of how strong the rivalry was...

Community decorates Urbanna UMC cross

Urbanna United Methodist Church’s Easter cross was decorated with flowers on Sunday, placed there by community members. It’s said to be a tradition at...

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