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Arts in the Middle Festival returns to Hewick this weekend
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...
Bluegrass returns to Urbanna firehouse Saturday
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...
Data center eyed for site near Glenns
“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...
Urbanna Town Council mulls two dwellings on a West Ave. quarter acre lot
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...
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...
