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by Larry Chowning -  March is Women’s History Month and as a reminder of the significance women have played, the Sentinel will focus in this article on the career of the late Patricia (Pat) Royal Perkinson, a Middlesex County native...

by Cate Ogden -  So spring is finally here and we couldn’t be happier to greet April. The daffodils are in bloom, the ospreys have returned, soon the hummingbirds will show up and it is hoped we are all getting...

Nurse Celia Collier gives Lillian Washington of Cooks Corner her first COVID-19 shot on Thursday, March 11, in the parking lot at Calvary Baptist Church at Christchurch. The nonagenerian will turn 100 years old on March 23 and is...

“What’s wrong with this picture?” asks Deltaville Maritime Museum rep Bill Powell. “Not a darn thing except these boats are all sold and the Deltaville Maritime Museum’s Donations Committee is almost out of donated boats and automobiles. The ‘Field...

Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital and Three Rivers Health District are working in partnership to increase COVID-19 vaccination opportunities for the 25,000 area Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck residents eligible to receive vaccinations. “The Virginia Department of Health is...

Artists should apply now After very careful and thorough examination of currently available COVID-19 related information, the Arts in the Middle (AIM) Board of Directors decided to move forward with the annual spring Arts in the Middle Fine Arts Festival...

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...

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...

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...

“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...