Community

Middlesex Supervisors learned that the Middle Peninsula Regional Planning District Commission (MPRPDC), in partnership with Marine Advisory Services at the VIMS, has received a U.S. Department of Transportation “RAISE” grant to find and develop desirable waterfronts for commercial fishing...

Tickets are now on sale for the 15th annual Oyster Roast and Dance set for 5-9 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 14, in the Events Pavilion at Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park. Dinner and dance tickets...

  The 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival quilt is called “Jewels of Middlesex,” will be raffled off at the festival on Nov. 2. Raffle tickets will go on sale in October. Proceeds from the raffle will go toward scholarships, community support and...

The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system is offering a creative writing workshop, “Synonyms for Grief,” at MCPL’s Urbanna branch on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Poet Anne Marie Wells will serve as the host. Host Wells...

Middlesex Pet Friends for Life recently learned of the passing of one of our original supporters and indeed the inspiration for the founding of our organization. Lorrine Lampkin Osborne passed away on July 13, 2024. She was 93. Lorrine worked...

It’s that time of the year again, and the popular annual Oyster Roast and Dance is coming up Saturday, Sept. 14, to the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park’s Events Pavilion. World Champion Oyster Shucker Deborah...

The Colonial Virginia Ford Model A Club members love cars — the Model A Ford to be exact. It was the successor to the venerable Model T Ford (1907-1927) that made cars affordable to the average citizen in the...

The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation has named boatbuilder Bryan Miller of Deltaville captain of the 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2. Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation (UOFF) first began naming captains of the festival...

Middlesex County, All Points Broadband and Dominion Energy Virginia conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for a fiber-to-the-home Broadband project that will deliver service to more than 900 unserved homes and businesses in Middlesex. Middlesex is the seventh Virginia county where...

It’s time for our annual “Bonus Groovin’ in the Park” at Deltaville Maritime Museum 5-8 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 31. This is our annual visit from Hartfield’s Josh Walker as his trio becomes a quartet with songstress Carla Jackson...