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Turner Lecture Series to begin

by Bill Powell Events Director Deltaville Maritime Museum –  As staff and volunteers at the Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park prepare the museum and park for the official events season opening in April and May, the museum begins its...

3rd Annual Urbanna Christmas Children & Pets Parade

There were approximately 50 pets in the parade this year. The number of entries has doubled each year. Take a look at this year's winners and be sure to bring your pet next year not to compete but to...

Christmas in Middlesex County, Virginia

The “Deltaville Lights” Christmas display appears to be in a snow globe when framed by a window in a trolley that transported riders to the Jackson Creek Christmas Cruise last Friday. The light display by Stephen Blue, with a...

Dockside Inn reopens

by Larry Chowning –  Dockside Inn, a longtime motel and lodging facility in Deltaville, has reopened with new ownership and new management. Shawn Adair and Randy Snider of Powhatan met and became friends while in middle school. They grew up to...

Jane Birdsong Patient Care Center at Free Health Clinic is dedicated

In honor of a major supporter for a quarter of a century, the Northern Neck-Middlesex Free Health Clinic dedicated the Jane Birdsong Patient Care Center on Wednesday, December 4. “The clinic is delighted and excited to recognize Jane and Tom...

Steamboat Era Museum Holiday Marketplace ends on Saturday

The 6th Annual Steamboat Era Museum Holiday Marketplace ends on Saturday, December 21. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. all Christmas items and some regular gift shop pieces will be 50% off. Although not on sale, there is still a good...

RFA to present bluegrass holiday concert Dec. 21

The Nashville based group “The Barefoot Movement” will perform songs of the season from its holiday album as part of the Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts (RFA) On Stage 2019-2020 series. The concert will take place on Saturday, December...

24th Urbanna Xmas Parade

The results of the 24th Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade held on December 6 are as follows: Judges Awards—Urbanna Baptist Church Day Care and Massey Urbanna Builders. Mayor’s Award—Payne’s Crab House Wonderland, sponsored by Norton’s Yachts. Antique Vehicles—first, 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass of...

Urbanna Children’s and Pet Parade set for Dec. 21

The Christmas in Urbanna Children’s and Pet Parade will be held Saturday, December 21, at 11 a.m. Registration will be at Sonabank in Urbanna at 10:30 a.m. The parade route will start at Sonabank and continue to the Festival...

2019 Urbanna Harbour House Tour

Michelle Brown (left) provides Urbanna Harbour House Tour visitors last Saturday with a history of the Reynolds cottage, known as “Little Dipper.” The cottage is located on the “Point” at the mouth of Urbanna Creek. It is the last...

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