Community

The grand opening of the Marshall Community Pool in Urbanna is set for Saturday, May 25, at 11:30 a.m. The event will be conducted rain or shine. The new pool is the culmination of years of planning. Distinguished guests have been...

Arts in the Middle’s spring fine arts festival is offered annually at Hewick Plantation on the outskirts of Urbanna. The show is open Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, June 2, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. As Arts...

Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with a Saturday morning of shopping, creek cruises and music at the second Holly Point Market of the season on May 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Holly...

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,...

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/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...

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...

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...

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...

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...