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Art in Transit competition opens

Urbanna-based Bay Transit, a division of Bay Aging, and the RAL Art Center, recently launched Art in Transit 2026, the region’s signature annual art competition that transforms a Bay Transit bus into a moving work of art. Each year, artists...

Deltaville library’s Kids Carnival set for March 21

The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) is pleased to announce the return of the Kids Carnival to the MCPL Deltaville branch on Saturday March 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. An annual favorite for many years, the Kids...

‘Steamboats on the Chesapeake’ now online

Those who missed local screenings of “Steamboats on the Chesapeake” now have a chance. The one-hour documentary can be streamed at no charge on the Northern Neck History Channel, on YouTube. The film, produced as a way to benefit the...

Middlesex Pet Friends for Life preparing for Low Country Boil

Middlesex Pet Friends for Life (MPFL) is busily preparing for our major annual fundraiser, The Low Country Boil, Festival for the Animals. Save the date of May 2. It will once again be offered at the pavilion at the...

Early voting to begin on Friday

According to the Virginia Department of Elections, early voting will begin Friday, March 6, for the upcoming statewide referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting. Early voting will continue through Saturday, April 18. Saturday voting also will be...

MC 250 will present ‘Finding Freedom’ 

“Finding Freedom: Exploring the Stories of African-American Men and Women in Revolutionary War Virginia” is the title of a program to be sponsored by the Middlesex County, Virginia 250 Committee on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. at St....

Deltaville Great Decisions on Trump’s tariffs and world economy

Deltaville Great Decisions series session number seven: “Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy” will take place on Friday, March 13, at 10 a.m. at the Deltaville Community Association (DCA) building, 17147 General Puller Highway, Deltaville, when...

MHS student Inge selected for Honors Performance Series

Selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City Middlesex High School student Madeline Inge was recently selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Inge played clarinet with the Honors Band. Participation...

Selecting interim Mathews commonwealth’s attorney begins

Would succeed commonwealth’s attorney found dead with gunshot wound The death of Mathews Commonwealth’s Attorney Marie Walls, who passed away from an apparent gunshot wound on Tuesday, Feb. 10, was still under active investigation by the Virginia State Police (VSP), as...

‘The Future of Human Rights and International Law’ talk slated

The sixth Deltaville Great Decisions session of 2026 will take place on March 6 at 10 a.m. at the Deltaville Community Association building when Professor Francesca Parente of Christopher Newport University presents “The Future of Human Rights and International...

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