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Virginia aquaculture gets a boost
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...
Mail deliveries not always “swift”
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...
Race is on to vaccinate before lethal variants hit
(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....
Snow Photos from our readers
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!
Middlesex GOP meets in person at All Saints
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...
Middlesex Dems meeting “virtually”
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...
Middlesex NAACP announces Black History Zoom meeting
In 1908, a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. Such eruptions of anti-Black violence – particularly lynching – were horrifically commonplace, but the Springfield riot was the...
E-books and digital magazines are available at MC libraries
by Carrie Dos Santos -
As the year 2021 continues, the staff of the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system continues to see increasing usage of MCPL’s e-books and e-audiobooks. Recent changes among the Library’s e-book vendors, though, has made...
Hundreds in MC infected, cases here up by 29 in a week
(Editor’s note: As of Tuesday morning, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 440 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County, up 29 from the previous week. There were 18 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 16 deaths involving Middlesex residents....
Urbanna Trading has wine, gourmet items in historic cottage
by Larry Chowning -
Urbanna Trading Company has recently opened in the historic circa 1747 Wormeley, Lee, Montague Cottage on Virginia Street across from SonaBank in Urbanna.
Riki and Megan Brockman are the new owners and operators of the retail store...
