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Arts in the Middle canceled

Celane Roden and Brindley Lowe, coordinators of the Arts in the Middle fine arts festival show, announced on March 20 that the event, planned for late May at Hewick Plantation near Urbanna, has been canceled. Roden said that the uncertainty posed by...

Sculpture and Garden Art Show at Bay School Community Arts Center

The Sculpture and Garden Art Show will be featured at the Bay School Community Arts Center and Art Speaks Gallery in Mathews from March 27 through April 21.  The artwork from this show features sculpture that can go in or...

Around Deltaville

by T.D. Harris Well aren’t we in a sweet pickle. But we are in a pickle with the entire world. The coronavirus is all over the news and smart “old” people, which is most of the population around Deltaville, are...

LMVFD Ladies Auxiliary donation

The Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (LMVFD) Ladies Auxiliary presented a check for $9,500 to the LMVFD of Deltaville. This is made possible each year through their continued hard work and dedication in several fundraising events that require immense...

Important changes at the Cryer Center

The Cryer Center is now closed for day-to-day operations, except for the Food Pantry. The office, Clothing Closet and Donation Center will no longer be open to the public until the current health concerns are overcome. Many of its volunteers...

Mardi Gras raises over $60,000 for local youth

On February 29 the 2020 Middlesex Mardi Gras was celebrated at Bethpage Camp-Resort near Urbanna in royal fashion by 250 spirited guests. It was an early sell-out! Middlesex natives Art and Michelle Hudgins, the 2020 Middlesex Mardi Gras King...

‘The Maxwell Quartet’ to perform in Mathews

Concerts by the Bay and Live On Stage Inc. announce a Scottish string quartet will be part of their 2019-2020 concert season. The Glasgow-based string quartet, “The Maxwell Quartet,” is bringing the sounds and stories of Bonnie Scotland to Mathews...

Middlesex natives featured in re-creation of iconic photo

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in the United States granting women the right to vote, the Commonwealth of Virginia has organized a statewide commemoration led by the Virginia Museum of History...

‘Local History’ is topic of current RAL exhibit

“Digging Up Local History” is the current exhibit at the RAL Art Center, 19 N. Main Street, Kilmarnock. It is an exhibit that challenged the RAL artists and photographers to dig up history in the Northern Neck by producing images...

‘Cuba Revisited’ is  Turner Lecture topic

by Bill Powell Events Director Deltaville Maritime Museum –  Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park will continue its 2020 Turner Lecture Series with a presentation of current travel information on Cuba on Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Photographer...

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