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Join in tribute to 1990s country
Join Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry on Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. as they pay tribute to the best decade in country music – the 90s. This “Prime Country” show is back by popular demand and will be at...
Flags for Heroes to remain through July 4
The Middlesex County Rotary Club and Middlesex Scouts BSA (formerly called Boy Scouts) announced recently that the Flags for Heroes display in Hartfield will remain standing through the Independence Day holiday.
Many residents have noticed that the 150 American flags...
White Stone musical offers stroll through 1950s and 1960s
The Lancaster Players welcomes back the Marvelous Wonderettes in “Caps and Gowns,” a high-energy musical that dances from a 1958 high school graduation to a wedding a decade later. The show opens June 18 for three weekends of performances.
Directed...
Tassels, tunes featured in White Stone musical
The Marvelous Wonderettes are back at the Lancaster Players theater in White Stone, tossing their caps high in the air with Caps and Gowns, the sparkling sequel to their original hit. Audiences will follow the Class of 1958 in...
Fish fry set for May 30 at Post 241 in Cooks Corner
The Game Changers of Middlesex County are hosting a fish fry as a community fundraiser on Saturday, May 30, from noon-4 p.m. at the Christopher Curtis American Legion Post 241 building at 76 Urbanna Road in Cooks Corner. The...
Fourth candidate, Thomas Justis, enters race for MC sheriff
A fourth candidate, Thomas G. Justis, has qualified to run in the special election for Middlesex County sheriff scheduled for Nov. 3, reported Melissa D. Welch, director of elections and general registrar for Middlesex.
Justis, 41, of Hardyville, is a...
Blue Crab Arts and Crafts Fest is May 23 and 24 at croquet club
The 2026 Blue Crab Arts and Crafts Festival will take place May 23 and 24 in Hartfield on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Croquet Club (CBCC) at 1860 Twiggs Ferry Road. The festival starts at 10 a.m. each...
Ribbon cut to officially open Hummel terminal
On May 15 the grand opening was held for the recently completed 4,400 square-foot terminal building at Hummel Airfield Airport in Topping.
Above, ready to cut the ribbon is former Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller. Holding the ribbon to...
Blue crabs see bump after years of struggle
Number of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs increased
this year, but their population still below average
Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay received both good news and bad news in the results released this month from the annual blue crab winter dredge survey, conducted...
