Community
Zoom program offers tips for life in COVID-19 era
by Paul Malone -
These are unprecedented and complicated times with a 100 year pandemic taking away many of our supports and coping skills occurring in a context of growing distrust of authorities and each other. The work to recover...
African-American group schedules Zoom talk on “White Man’s Paradise”
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will conduct a virtual meeting 11 a.m. Saturday, March 13. The meeting will feature a talk by Allison Thomas and Maria Montgomery entitled, “How Gwynn’s Island Came to be Known as the...
Celebrating Waterfowl Art on exhibit at Allure Art Center
The Allure Art Center in White Stone’s March fine art exhibit, “Celebrating Waterfowl Art,” brings together award-winning Virginia artists and their works that reflect the beauty of the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck waterfowl and the region’s wildlife. The exhibit will...
Beautiful Hull 103 now completed at Deltaville Maritime Museum
“Sweet!” is how Deltaville Maritime Museum’s newly completed Hull 103 is being described.
It is the third prototype Deltaville deadrise built by John England and his volunteers at the museum and has been finished just in time for the...
More vaccines available, but still not enough
(Editor’s note: As of March 2, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 518 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, up 16 from the previous week. There were 18 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 17 deaths involving Middlesex residents....
MC Habitat reps grateful for community support
from contributed reports
Habitat for Humanity Middlesex (HFHM) is thankful for donations from local civic organizations like the Middlesex Rotary Club, community residents and business partners.
HFHM is deeply aware of the impact the pandemic has left on the community....
Urbanna’s Larry Craft celebrates squad raffle win
Larry Craft of Urbanna celebrates winning the recent Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad’s Super Bowl Raffle. Craft was excited to win the package, which included a 65-inch Samsung TV and Samsung sound bar donated by Walmart, as well as...
Middlesex Kiwanians assemble care package items
Members of the Kiwanis Club of Middlesex County purchased supplies and assembled bags of care package items for clients of Middlesex Department of Social Services. Care package items include notepads, pens, stamps and envelopes, coloring books, colored pencils and...
Deltaville, Urbanna libraries have good books on gardening
by Tom Samuel -
With a little more time and a lot less places to go, this may be the perfect year to make some decisions about your garden, even if that decision is to have one for the first...
Brush up on Black History at Deltaville, Urbanna libraries
by Carrie Dos Santos -
During February, the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system has prominently displayed some of the most critically-acclaimed biographies and Black History books in its collection in celebration of Black History Month. These books should not...
