Community

Last summer, Bay Transit, the public transportation division of Urbanna-based Bay Aging, initiated a campaign promoting its commitment to customer service and safety in confronting COVID-19. Bay Transit’s “Good to go!” campaign included advertising on the outside of several...

by Kip Campbell -  Visitors to the Middlesex County Public Library’s Deltaville or Urbanna branches often arrive with no particular title in mind, instead choosing to browse up and down the rows of shelves, leisurely and enjoyably perusing a wide...

The Middlesex Lions Club will offer the following scholarships to the seniors of Middlesex High School or any individual that is presently going to college or trade school and is a resident of Middlesex County. The Lions Club will...

At a recent Middlesex Kiwanis Club meeting, Middlesex Water Authority (MWA) Chairman Greg Chambers provided a positive update on the effort to establish a centralized water system for the county. According to Chambers, the MWA has purchased two existing...

The Keep Middlesex Beautiful (KMB) Committee is sponsoring a community-wide effort to pick up litter along the county highways and byways on Saturday, April 24. Everyone is invited to participate, either as individuals or with family, friends and neighbors,...

Preparations for the seventh year of the Arts in the Middle (AIM) Fine Arts Festival are well under way, with plans to kick off the summer season at the “Rivah” with two days of cultural delights on June 5-6....

Bartlett Tree Experts is celebrating Earth Day by giving away free pecan trees to the community. “We have beautiful bare-root pecan trees for the first one hundred people who stop by,” Brandon Frazier reported. Frazier is the local Bartlett...

by Tom Chillemi -  Next to the Cooks Corner Office Complex stands an old wooden structure that was once the agriculture and vocational building for the former St. Clare Walker High School for African Americans. The Heritage Committee is committed to...

by Bill Powell, Raynell Smith and Pat Rabb -  As the COVID-19 numbers drop and restrictions relax, volunteers and staff at the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park are busily preparing the museum, park and their facilities for the...

by Carrie Dos Santos -  This year, National Library Week occurs April 5-10 and the theme is “Welcome to Your Library.” National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming...