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Gloucester’s beloved tradition — the 39th annual Daffodil Festival — is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, and get ready for a weekend filled with live entertainment, delicious food, unique...

During the calendar year 2024, the Middlesex County Museum was gifted two original land grants from the late 1700s. Both were signed by the seated governor of the commonwealth at the time as awards to two different residents of...

On Friday, March 14, upwards of 250 area residents gathered to demonstrate their solidarity with Ukraine in a nonpartisan march and rally in Kilmarnock. Through the mile-long “Stand for Ukraine” march through downtown Kilmarnock, participants alternated chants of “We are...

A state historical marker approved by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) will be unveiled this weekend for the Old Folks Home, a facility in Essex County that offered care and boarding for poor, elderly Black people in...

Spring is coming and so are the crabs! If you are looking for a crab or peeler pot or two or 50 pots to go commercial fishing, Rappahannock Supply in Church View has pots and much more. The business was recently...

Christchurch School (CCS) Art Teacher and Visual and Performing Arts Department Chairman Sarah McCormick announced recently that several CCS students were selected as winners in the annual Celebrating Art.Com art competition. Winning pieces will be published in an anthology due...

Deltaville Maritime Museum Car Show/Cruise In is planned for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson Drive, Deltaville. The show is open to all cars, trucks, and tractors and is a non-judged show. The...

St. Clare Walker Middle School eighth grader Tarah McGuire received a first place award in the Virginia School Boards Association state art contest. She, along with Middlesex Elementary School artist Rilee Bayor and Middlesex High School artist Katelin Reiner, was...

This year’s house and garden tour on Friday, May 2, hosted by the Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula, will return to Middlesex County after twice being cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour promises to be of interest...

Ryman’s Air Conditioning and Heating Inc. President Stephanie Smith poses recently with three of the four coveted national Carrier President’s Award crystal trophies Ryman’s has received for consecutive years from 2022 through 2025. “Dad (the late Otis Ryman) would have...