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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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Governor recognizes MHS principal for phone ban

Middlesex High School (MHS) Principal Susan Fleet was honored last week on the floor of the Virginia General Assembly by Gov. Glenn Youngkin for...
Community

Topping author to give Feb. 6 talk on his most recent book

David Brown Howell of Topping will be speaking Thursday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Deltaville branch of the Middlesex County Public Library...
Sports

Zach Deagle, Zachary Dean, Andrew Harrow pace wrestlers

MHS trio achieve 3-0 records at Jan. 15 home quad meet The Middlesex High School wrestling team defeated Westmoreland, 46-17, and King & Queen Central,...
Sports

MHS boys notch basketball win vs. dist. foe WP

The Middlesex High School boys basketball team (7-4, 4-1) defeated Tidewater District foe West Point, 66-49, on Thursday, Jan. 9, and lost to Hampton...
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Menhaden lawsuit dismissed

A $2 billion “False Claims Act” lawsuit alleging “figurehead fraud” against the Canadian seafood giant Cooke Inc. of St. John, New Brunswick, and Omega...
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One no vote on thousands in cost hikes for sheriff HQ

Change orders continue to raise the cost of renovating the old Puller Center building into the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office headquarters at Cooks Corner. The...
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Search continues for sites for commercial fishermen

Stamper’s Bay Landing on the Piankatank River near Hartfield may not make a good boat landing for potential development of commercial fishing and other...
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Winter storms blanket Middlesex

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a weather state of emergency for the winter storm that has impacted all of the commonwealth this past weekend...
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Officials back allowing some historical items at old courthouse

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved on Dec. 3 a “memorandum of understanding” between the county and Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society...
Sports

Middlesex defeated by arch-foe Mathews in basketball action

The Middlesex High School (MHS) Charger varsity basketball team (6-4, 3-1) lost its first Tidewater District game of the season with a 58-55 loss...
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Eighty-two Class of 2025 members to graduate May 31

Don Richeson and Tom Chillemi -
The 82 members of the Middlesex High School Class of 2025 will receive their diplomas during commencement, which is set for 10 a.m. Saturday,...

Youngkin veto helps maintain Confederate group funding

Larry Chowning -
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed House Bill 1699 earlier this month that would have eliminated the tax-exempt status of certain Confederate groups like the...