Community
Urbanna parking problems persist
Plans to open a restaurant at 161 Cross St. in Urbanna have hit a hurdle.
Shawn Pickett of Pickett Homes LLC is seeking a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for retail sales of food and drink together with arcade...
Museum to formally accept Larry Chowning Collection
The Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park encourage all to mark their calendars as DMM announces updates to its early 2024 events schedule and attractions for April. New exhibits for both inside and outside DMM are...
Mitchell Map contest winners announced
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...
Public can sound off today on County budget
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...
Once-in-a-generation solar eclipse awes Middlesex Co. residents
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...
Barefoot Davis to perform at DMM
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...
TOGA to again offer free oyster gardening class
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...
Plein Air Unleashed slated for April 29- May 4
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...
Rescue Regatta returns to Deltaville on July 12-13
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...
Low Country Boil Festival for the Animals is April 20
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...
