Community

Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia (MPAAGHS) will conduct a virtual meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. This meeting will feature a roundtable discussion at which participants will have the opportunity to share queries and...

by Larry Chowning -  Stan Hovey of Urbanna has recently published his second book on Haiti, a historical fiction of island life entitled, “The One Haitian.” As a child he moved to Haiti in 1942 when his father and family were...

The Laney family (above), visitors from Alexandria, saw Urbanna for the first time Sunday — right at the time the season’s biggest snowfall thus far was arriving in the area. As the snowflakes fall, the Laney boys, Luke, 4,...

(Editor’s note: As of Monday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 411 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County. There were 18 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 16 deaths involving Middlesex residents. The Virginia Department of Public Health...

Around Deltaville by T.D. Harris -  The annual snowstorm was a week early and didn’t last. We have mud to contend with now. With four dogs that is a lot of contending. Often you will see older people just sitting and...

by Cate Ogden -  The heart has become a symbol for February, signifying love and Valentine’s Day. Sadly, a heart infested with worms does not stand for love and happiness, but rather for neglect, pain and, in this case, a...

by Tom Samuel -  The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system is pleased and grateful to announce the establishment of the Betty Pinchefsky Memorial Fund through the generosity of Betty’s daughter, Janice Terpenny. Ms. Terpenny has chosen to honor her...

The Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Community Services Board has named Elizabeth “Liz” Lyon as the new director of Early Intervention Services, effective Jan. 1. She succeeds Kathy Phillips, who is retiring. Lyon will supervise both the Rural Infant Services...

For taxpayers who wish to have the Middlesex Taxaide prepare their taxes, packets may now be picked up at the Deltaville Public Library, the Cryer Center in Locust Hill or the Urbanna Public Library. Taxaide reps ask that you...

 Firetrucks from near and far honored Grayson Shelton and his commitment to the Middlesex community in a memorial parade this morning, January 22, 2021 at 10 a.m. Grayson Shelton, 16 years old, passed away early Monday morning suddenly after a...