Community

Last year Bay Aging volunteers and staff served 144,688 meals to 1,268 seniors throughout the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. During the 18th annual March for Meals campaign, Bay Aging is showcasing the Meals on Wheels program and the...

by Cate Ogden -  Middlesex Pet Friends for Life (MPFL) lost one of its most dedicated volunteers and supporters, Julia Temple Lee, on Dec. 29, 2017. She passed away after a five-year battle with a chronic, painful syndrome. Despite her...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...