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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You can immerse yourself in MC history at museum’s fundraiser

On Sunday, May 21, from 2-4 p.m. at historic Providence near Hardyville, the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society’s spring fundraiser, “An Afternoon at...

New VA250 Middlesex group meets; looking at ways to mark revolution

The Virginia American Revolution VA250 Commission is a state commission that is encouraging counties and localities to participate in a celebration of the revolutionary...

Omega Protein, Youngkin sign memo of understanding

The christening of two menhaden steamers came on the heels of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration...

MHS baseball team gets 10-0 wins

The Middlesex High School (MHS) varsity baseball team (8-3, 5-1) won two Tidewater District games this past week with 10-0 wins over Mathews and...

Middlesex track boys win quad meet

The Middlesex High School (MHS) boys track team defeated three teams on Thursday, April 27, in a home meet on the John Lemons Memorial...

Oil lamp from 1890s to again shine at UBC

When Urbanna Baptist Church was built in the late 1890s, electricity was still a ways away from Urbanna. The church was originally lit with...

Budget OK’d; Williams and Harris vote no

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS), in somewhat of a surprising action, voted 3-2 to approve the $37,076,000 fiscal year 2023-2024 budget (FY...

MIDDLESEX TAMES K&Q TIGERS, 18-1

Chargers fall to King William, 4-2 The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger varsity baseball team split in district play last week as MHS defeated the...

Middlesex boys win five-way King & Queen County track meet

The Middlesex High School (MHS) boys track team won a five-team meet on Thursday, April 20, at King & Queen (K&Q) Central High School...

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