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St. Clare Walker Middle School six grader Richard Spurlock won first place honors in the Friends of Urbanna John Mitchell Essay Contest. The annual essay contest is offered for all sixth grade students as part of the American History class...

The Juneteenth Variety Show 2025 will “celebrate freedom” on Saturday, June 21, at St. Clare Walker Middle School in Locust Hill. The family event is open to the public and will be educating, empowering and entertaining, organizers say. Admission...

Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park recently received a stunning new addition to its grounds — a graceful sculpture of cownose rays, donated by Ros and Kathryn Willis in memory of William Rosco and Ann Fraser...

Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry will celebrate its 50th season of country music shows with the first of two anniversary shows on Saturday night, June 14. This show will highlight the past, present and future of the Opry, featuring the...

Arts in the Middle’s Spring Fine Arts Festival is returning once more to Hewick Plantation, just outside Urbanna, on Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8. The popular outdoor festival features juried artists from across the country, galleries for local...

The Water View Bluegrass Band, including, from left, Dickie Cannon, Sandra Smith, Butch Bunn, Harold Smith, JC Hale and Mel Hughes, is among the bluegrass musicians expected to perform 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Urbanna firehouse. They are...

“If the shoe does not fit, you do not wear it!” That was the advice Gloucester County Administrator Carol E. Steele gave about 150 concerned citizens during discussions over potentially locating a data center in the Glenns area of...

A proposal to build two dwellings on a quarter-acre lot at 181 West Ave. dominated the Urbanna Town Council meeting on May 22. Area neighbors spoke against having two dwellings on one lot, objecting to possible future rental properties. The...

Megan Hall, president of Urbanna Main Street, was the only speaker on May 22 during the Urbanna Town Council’s public hearing on Urbanna’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 budget. Hall asked the council to help fund the organization that is...

Turning the Lancaster Players stage in White Stone from a renovated French farmhouse into a stylish Los Angeles Airbnb is no small feat. “Thanks to the dedication of a talented team of set decorators, painters and carpenters, the transformation...