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Li’l Ole Opry to present Southern Rock and Outlaw Country
Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry will bring out the Outlaw in everyone on Saturday night, Aug. 16, when they pay tribute to the greats of classic Southern rock and roll and Outlaw Country.
In this first ever show of its kind...
MC Kiwanians learn about threats to river
At a recent Middlesex County Kiwanis Club meeting, the speaker was Brent Hunsinger, Advocacy and Coastal Programs director at Friends of the Rappahannock, a voice for river conservation and stewardship.
The organization is actively involved in The Most Endangered Rivers...
New Deltaville photo exhibit features work by Kunzinger
The Middlesex County Public Library system recently announced that its latest art exhibit at MCPL’s Deltaville branch, “The Element of Water,” features photographs by Hartfield artist Michael Kunzinger. The show can be found at the Deltaville branch’s meeting room,...
Back-to-School Bash set for Saturday at Camp Piankatank
Fun trip to casino is also coming up
The NAACP Middlesex Branch is excited to participate in the community-sponsored “Back-to-School Bash” at Camp Piankatank in Hartfield on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Please don’t forget your bathing...
Urbanna Founders Day fun sails in Saturday
Friends of Urbanna invites all to enjoy Urbanna’s 11th celebration of Founders Day, starting a little after 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the small park-like green space next to the Middlesex County Woman’s Club building at 210...
Urbanna forum speaker: Menhaden overfished, causing osprey die-off
Only Virginia permits menhaden commercial harvesting
Osprey nests in Virginia’s tidewater area are disappearing due to the reduced availability in the Chesapeake Bay of menhaden, a fish caught by the iconic bird to feed their broods, College of William...
Urbanna Post Office’s 250th anniversary celebrated
Celebrating the Urbanna Post Office sesquicentennial (250) year Saturday in Urbanna are, from left, Scott Holt, whose grandfather Bentley Hahn developed the postal zip code system in 1963; Urbanna Mayor Bill Goldsmith; Urbanna Postmaster, Dana Longest; and artist Lisa...
Big bluegrass concert Saturday at firehouse
The Water View Bluegrass Band and multiple, bluegrass musicians are set to continue their Urbanna firehouse concert series at 7 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 2. The concerts will continue at the same time and place the first Saturday of...
Library’s Summer Reading Finale is July 31 in Deltaville
The public is invited to the conclusion of the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system’s Summer Reading Program, consisting of a special event, “Jack’s Jungle: The Zoo that Comes to You,” followed by the Summer Reading Finale, at the...
