Larry Chowning

Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Hardyville Baby Hawks Rescued

Red-shouldered hawks rehabilitated; released last week Red-shouldered hawks are medium-sized hawks, smaller than red-tailed hawks. Their breeding range spans eastern North America (including Middlesex...
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Town of Urbanna celebrating 1700s roots of post office

The Town of Urbanna and the nation are celebrating the country’s first official post offices in July with Urbanna Post Office having been one...
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Middlesex High School alumnus named to VMI Board of Visitors

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin named Lloyd Taliaferro, a 1991 graduate of Middlesex High School (MHS), to the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Board of Visitors. Taliaferro...
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Steps taken to address stuck barge at Stingray Point

This barge loaded down with pipe used by Seaward Marine Corporation to dredge Broad Creek was stuck at Stingray Point on the bottom of...
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Supervisors approve $1 million loan for the purchase of real estate

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) voted 4-0 on July 8 to approve a $1 million loan out of the county’s fund balance...
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Uses eyed for creek dredge material

At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) meeting on Tuesday, July 8, the board directed County Administrator Matt Walker to work with local...
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Deltaville Maritime Museum Family Boatbuilding program still going strong

Nine teams row skiffs The Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM) “Family Boatbuilding Week” was presented last week under the museum pavilion as nine families built...
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Full-time co. staff may get special bonus

At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) June 3 regular monthly meeting, the board approved a proposed “bonus payment” ordinance prepared by county...
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Middlesex: One of 15 Virginia counties without body cams

The issue of the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors purchasing body cameras for the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office has been “kicked down the road,”...
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Rescue squad auxiliary celebrates half century of service in Middlesex

The Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary presented an open house Sunday at the rescue squad building in Deltaville to celebrate 50 years of...
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