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Sponsor Flags to Honor Your Heroes

Sponsor and fly a Flag or Flags honoring your hero(s), from Tuesday, May 21 thru Monday, May 27. Each Flag will feature a name plaque on the pole with a Sponsor and Heroes names. Then shortly at a later date,...

Air will be filled with music at Arts in the Middle Festival

When you visit the 10th annual Arts in the Middle (AIM) Fine Arts Festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, at Hewick Plantation near Urbanna, you will once again experience an extravaganza of fine arts offerings: a weekend full of...

Blues Hall of Famer Messano to headline May 25 Groovin’

Blues/rock super guitarist and No. 1 Billboard blues artist Bobby Messano will headline the Saturday, May 25, Memorial Day weekend “Groovin’ in the Park” concert at the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park, 6-8 p.m. Area favorite...

Bay Aging to give presentation at library in Urbanna

by Michael Kunzinger -  The Middlesex County Public Library system is hosting a presentation by Bay Aging at MCPL’s Urbanna branch on Tuesday, May 21, at 5:30 p.m. The presentation will be given by Lisa Walker, vice president of Advocacy...

Many good items offered Saturday by Woman’s Club

The Middlesex County Woman’s Club’s (MCWC) first-ever plant sale is planned for Saturday, May 11 — right in time for Mother’s Day! The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the MCWC’s club grounds at 210...

Reps from MC museums to participate in market

The huge Memorial Day Holly Point market is fast approaching at the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park. This will be a big one with the Tidewater Oyster Growers Association (TOGA) with their “spat” and aquaculture items...

Middle Peninsula man makes clean sweep in tree climbing masters challenge

by Liz Buxton -  James Earhart, owner of Arbor Care in Essex County, was the overall winner in the masters challenge for the men’s division at the Mid-Atlantic Tree Climbing Championship (TCC), which was conducted April 13 and 14 at...

‘Big top’ entertainers perform in Taber Park

Feats of daring, dexterity and gravity-defying acts — mixed with clown comedy — abounded under the Lewis and Clark Circus “big top” last week in Urbanna’s Taber Park. The Town of Urbanna-sponsored April 24 and 25 shows marked the...

Thirty-plus vendors, ‘storymobile’ part of DMM Mem Day fun

As the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park enter the Memorial Day weekend of the 2024 events and 20th anniversary season, DMM offers four public events the weekend of May 25. May Holly Point Market: Saturday,...

MC Animal Shelter, Pet Friends keep busy with caring for pets

by Cate Ogden -  Phew! April was a busy month for the Middlesex County Animal Shelter and Middlesex Pet Friends for Life. The shelter was bulging at the seams, housing 40 dogs and taking in 17 cats. Since our shelter...

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