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Portrayals of historical figures to highlight Founders Day “What’s happening in the war?” “What has the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia resolved?” “What in the world is happening at the Fifth Virginia Revolutionary Convention in Williamsburg?” These questions will be...

This past Saturday, July 20, the Middlesex Branch of the NAACP honored the late Irene Morgan with a reenactment of her arrest on July 16, 1944. This arrest that happened in Saluda set the stage for Rosa Parks. During the...

Registered Virginia State Apprenticeship Consultant Clayton Duvall recently presented Dylan O’Hare, Deltaville Yachting Center (DYC) marine technician, with a Virginia state marine technician journeyman certificate. O’Hare has completed two years of technical training in marine electrical, engines, systems, rigging and...

Eight Middlesex girls seek little miss spat title The 2024 Urbanna Oyster Festival queen and little miss spat contestants are busy working on their community service projects this summer. Each queen contestant must volunteer a minimum of 25 hours benefiting...

The Middlesex County Public Library system is hosting its four-day Folk Art Experience event at MCPL’s Deltaville branch from Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 8-11. The program will be led by folk artist William Clarke, who has won acclaim for his work...

A dog is most certainly man’s best friend and when he or she goes missing it is a family crisis. Jennifer and Tommy Ganley of Laurel, Delaware know all about that. The Ganleys visited Bethpage Camp-Resort near Urbanna with three...

The Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) will offer its Holly Point Market on July 27 from  9 a.m.-1 p.m. More than 50 vendors, food trucks, Discovery Creek Cruises, children’s games, food, open mic in DMM’s pavilion with O.T. and Sandi Adcock,...

Urbanna’s annual Founders Day is just around the corner as volunteers of the nonprofit organization Friends of Urbanna are busy planning the 10th anniversary celebration for Saturday, Aug. 3. This family-fun, free-admission observance celebrates local and Virginia history, and this...

Most folks know Susan Guillotte of Jamaica as the longtime and now retired postal worker from either Church View or Urbanna post offices, but few know that she has had a lifelong love of writing and recently published her...

The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system invites the public to a program on the Chesapeake Bay deadrise, presented by Larry Chowning, on Thursday, July 18, from 5-7 p.m. at MCPL’s Deltaville branch. The presentation explores the story of...