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Michael Clark Band to headline Groovin’ In the Park
Adcocks to host DMM ‘open mic’
I am reaching out to all the friends of the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM), letting you all know how glad I am to be back from a grueling 90-day hospital stay and back home...
MCPL announces next gardening talk
Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) will host the next installment in its gardening series by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service (VCES) with “Composting and Organic Matter Additions” at MCPL’s Urbanna branch at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20.
The talk...
MHS Key Club sponsors Water Walk
Last Friday, the Middlesex High School (MHS) Key Club sponsored its Water Walk event. The goal is to provide wells for every village in the African country of Eswatini (the former Swaziland). Pictured are some of the MHS students...
Arts in the Middle returns to Hewick on June 7 and 8
The annual Arts in the Middle Fine Arts Festival (AIM) is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, at Hewick Plantation, 5123 Old Virginia St., Urbanna.
Saturday hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday hours are 10...
Hartfield flags event recognizes loved ones
Come, lend your hands to raise flags for Memorial Day! Middlesex Rotary Club members will be setting up 140 flags for its Flags for Heroes event on May 18 at 3 p.m. at the field on the southeast corner...
African-American genealogists to focus on Juneteenth soldiers
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will conduct its monthly meeting “virtually” on Saturday, May 10, at 11 a.m. The meeting will feature a talk by Marvin Tupper Jones entitled “Juneteenth Soldiers of Northeastern North Carolina.” Jones’...
DNA presentation set for 10:30 a.m. May 17 at Urbanna library
The public is invited to a presentation, “DNA 101: An Introduction to Genetic Genealogy,” at the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system’s Urbanna branch on Saturday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m. The talk is hosted by local historian and...
Honor your heroes for eight days and Memorial Day
Honor your Heroes, by sponsoring Rotary Flags for Heroes, those who have faithfully served family, community or country that you will want to remember and let others know they were special during the Memorial Day time of year.
Just $50...
Middlesex Garden Tour starts at 10 a.m. Friday
There is still time to purchase tickets for tomorrow’s Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula House and Garden Tour, which will feature six spectacular Middlesex County gardens, five open houses with floral arrangements, and settings with beautiful river views.
The...
Urbanna paving snafu leaves sunken manholes
The recent repaving of Urbanna streets has left manholes a few inches below the paving surface.
Town resident Billy Mayo brought the sunken manholes to the attention of the Urbanna Town Council at its April 24 meeting. Mayo said that...
