Community
Wings, Wheels and Keels is this Saturday in Topping
The 28th annual Wings, Wheels and Keels (WW&K) is set for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Hummel Field airport on Grey’s Point Road in Topping.
WW&K will have more than 100 antique, street rods, customs, exotics,...
First Day of Fall Walk scheduled for Sept. 22
Registration is open for the annual First Day of Fall Walk sponsored by Friends of Dragon Run. It will be offered in the woods of Big Island beginning at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22.
“Soon we will feel the...
Commercial fishing waterfront areas to receive assistance
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...
Oyster Roast and Dance set for Saturday at DMM
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...
MC Woman’s Club unveils festival quilt
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...
Library to host poetry workshop
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...
Lampkin Osborne passed away this summer; helped found MPFL
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...
DMM Oyster Roast/Dance set for Saturday, Sept. 14
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...
Ford Model A Club will visit Middlesex Museum on Sept. 21
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...
Deltaville’s Miller named captain of 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival
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...
