Community
Urbanna tax rate holds steady; water rates to jump as much as 10%
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...
Lancaster Players transforms stage for mystery-comedy
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...
Paving totaling $75,000 OK’d for road at complex
Middlesex Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, May 6, to approve a $75,000 six-year highway secondary road plan allocation to pave the Middlesex County Sports Complex Road at Locust Hill.
The road runs behind St. Clare Walker Middle School and in...
Bill Harris and Don Harris qualify to run for re-election
The Middlesex County Republican Party Committee has nominated William A. “Bill” Harris to run for the Middlesex Board of Supervisors for the Hartfield District in the Nov. 4 General Election, reported Melissa D. Welch, Middlesex director of elections and...
Science journal to publish work by nine CCS students
For the first time, nine students from Christchurch School have submitted research papers to the Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences for publication this year. All nine papers were accepted for presentation as well.
These students conducted their research under the...
Michael Clark Band to headline Groovin’ In the Park
Adcocks to host DMM ‘open mic’
I am reaching out to all the friends of the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM), letting you all know how glad I am to be back from a grueling 90-day hospital stay and back home...
MCPL announces next gardening talk
Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) will host the next installment in its gardening series by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service (VCES) with “Composting and Organic Matter Additions” at MCPL’s Urbanna branch at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20.
The talk...
MHS Key Club sponsors Water Walk
Last Friday, the Middlesex High School (MHS) Key Club sponsored its Water Walk event. The goal is to provide wells for every village in the African country of Eswatini (the former Swaziland). Pictured are some of the MHS students...
Arts in the Middle returns to Hewick on June 7 and 8
The annual Arts in the Middle Fine Arts Festival (AIM) is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, at Hewick Plantation, 5123 Old Virginia St., Urbanna.
Saturday hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday hours are 10...
Hartfield flags event recognizes loved ones
Come, lend your hands to raise flags for Memorial Day! Middlesex Rotary Club members will be setting up 140 flags for its Flags for Heroes event on May 18 at 3 p.m. at the field on the southeast corner...
