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Many have noticed the bumper crop of potholes that has emerged on Middlesex County roads in recent weeks, including this ugly, expansive series of them spotted Saturday in General Puller Highway just northwest of (appropriately named) Bob’s Hole Road...

(Editor’s note: As of Tuesday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 502 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, up 36 from the previous week. There were 18 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 16 deaths involving Middlesex residents....

While 68% of Virginia voters say President Joe Biden’s election was legitimate, 26% say it was not, according to a survey released this month by the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University. Fully 61% of Virginia...

Deltaville-based High Tide Publications Inc. announced this month the release of area author David Cariens’ new book, “Escaping Madness: Alcoholism-Mental Illness-Murder.” “I had an idyllic childhood. I idolized my older brother,” Cariens said. “My family could have been the model for...

To help put aquaculture farming on par with its land-based counterparts, the Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC) received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant will allow researchers at the seafood AREC to analyze the...

by Jackie Nunnery -  As the unofficial postal motto goes, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” But something is amiss that is preventing folks from...

(Editor’s note: As of Monday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 466 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, up 26 from the previous week. There were 18 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 16 deaths involving Middlesex residents....

  Mother Nature dropped several inches of snow on the ground in Urbanna Friday. The Sentinel asked the community for photos. Here's what we got!

The Middlesex County Republican Committee continues to meet in person. Its next meeting is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at All Saints Anglican Church, 28 New St. in Saluda. It will be a business meeting. For information, call...

Due to COVID-19, Middlesex County Democrats have been conducting their meetings by Zoom. Their meetings are still at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. If you want to join one of their Zoom meetings, go to the...