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The Urbanna Days Art Show on the “Town Green” had great weather for vendors and buyers who attended the show on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7. The original Urbanna Days concept back in 1958 was designed to...

by Larry Chowning -  Members of area U.S. Marine Corps detachments and others gathered Tuesday — the day before Veterans Day — for a flag raising to honor Lt. General Lewis “Chesty” Burwell Puller and the 245th anniversary of the...

by Carrie Dos Santos -  Veterans Day, observed on Nov. 11, was originally celebrated as Armistice Day, signaling the end of The Great War, World War I. More than 100 years have passed since the end of World War I,...

Caroline Ward crowned Little Miss Spat; pandemic moves most of festival online, but Urbanna Days runs Nov. 6 and 7 by Tom Chillemi -  Katie Brooke was crowned Queen of the 63rd annual Urbanna Oyster Festival and Caroline Ward was crowned Little...

Queen crowning and shucking competitions on web; Urbanna Days offerings scheduled too by Tom Chillemi -  In 1958 Urbanna Days was organized by town businesses to attract visitors. It’s unlikely they could have imagined how successful it would be. This event...

Pratt has won numerous Virginia state oyster shucking championships; once finished second in the world oyster shucking competition in Ireland by Tom Chillemi -  Deborah Pratt of Jamaica, Virginia, won yet another Virginia State Oyster Shucking Championship on Saturday, Oct. 31,...

For 62 years the Urbanna Oyster Festival has meant so much to so many. Happy memories could fill volumes. Here are but a few stories by Tom Chillemi that have appeared in the Southside Sentinel through the years. “I’m leery of...

Program continues going strong, even in challenging 2020 In a typical October, Middlesex County school children would be heading out on the Rappahannock River on Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Jenni S boat to learn about the value of the fish...

"I’m grateful for my fellow Virginians across the political spectrum who vote for me. It is clear that the desire for change is present here in the First District. We celebrate our message of compassion through action, and we...

Halloween is this Saturday, Oct. 31, but the COVID-19 pandemic is making this year’s celebration of the holiday a little different — it prompted Urbanna town officials to ban trick-or-treating. Still, one may see a scary figure or two...