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St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School sixth grader Laz Doiron was announced as winner of the annual Friends of Urbanna sponsored John Mitchell Essay Contest. Mitchell was a doctor in Urbanna for 11 years (1734-1745) and is known as the...

A public hearing this week will give folks the opportunity to sound off on Middlesex County’s proposed $23 million budget for the new fiscal year, which starts July 1. The hearing is set for 7 p.m. today, Thursday, April...

Stephen Blue of Deltaville used his cell phone to capture this eclipse image on his SLR camera back. (Photo by Stephen Blue) Hartfield’s Paul Fairbrother puts his arm around his wife, Maureen Fairbrother, as they view the eclipse at the library. Maureen...

There’s nothing like the steel drums and rhythms of island music played in those waterfront breezes! Catch it all at this “Pop-Up Sunday” series concert as “Barefoot Davis” comes to town 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 16, all the way...

The Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) will deliver a free training seminar, which is entitled “OYS-101: Basic Oyster Gardening,” and which covers how to grow oysters, from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13 at the Northumberland Public Library, 7204 Northumberland...

The ninth annual Plein Air Unleashed outdoor painting event will return April 29-May 4. This is one of the largest gatherings of plein air painters in the commonwealth each year and allows the public to watch up close, award winning...

The Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad’s (MCVRS) Rescue Regatta returns with racing, exhibits and two evenings of good food, and good music on July 12 and 13 and hosted by the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM). Organizers expect to surpass...

Well, it’s April and besides “April showers bringing May flowers,” it is also bringing us one of the very best fun, epicurean events of the year. The one and only spectacular, delightful, delectable, one of a kind, not to...

Arts In the Middle (AIM) invites the public to an opening reception at Arts at the Point (17410 General Puller Highway, diagonally across from Cafe by the Bay) on Saturday, April 13, from 3 to 7 p.m., welcoming new...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors recently honored J. D. Davis of Locust Hill for his 28 years of service on the Middlesex County Planning Commission; for his four years of service on the Community Services Board; and 20...