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Things about to kick into high gear at D’ville Maritime Museum
The Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park encourage all to mark their calendars as DMM announces updates to its 2024 events schedule and attractions for this March and April. New exhibits for both inside and outside...
Arts In the Middle Fine Arts Festival marks its 10th anniversary this year
(First in a special two-part series.)
In 2014, Urbanna’s annual Art on the Half Shell (AOTHS) fine arts show was years gone, and the once vibrant local arts scene was flat. Newly hired Middlesex County Economic Development Authority (EDA) Director...
MC Woman’s Club announces three upcoming events
The Middlesex County Woman’s Club’s (MCWC) annual Before Easter Pound Cake Sale is set for 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 30, at the MCWC clubhouse (the old colonial courthouse) on Virginia Street in Urbanna. MCWC members are busy baking and...
Va. Master Naturalist Washington to speak at DMM
As the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park presents our final lecture of the annual Turner series this Sunday, March 17, promptly at 2 p.m., Master Naturalist Betsy Washington presents, “Native Plants — Beauty, Birds and...
Lewis and Clark Circus to again offer shows in Urbanna’s Taber Park
Get ready for the unusual, the unexpected, and to be amazed when the Lewis and Clark Circus rolls into Urbanna on Wednesday and Thursday, April 24 and 25. There will be two shows each day — at 5 and...
‘Holdovers’ actress wins Oscar; movie also featured actor who’s MC pastor
The movie “The Holdovers” was nominated for four Academy Awards and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who played the role of a cook (Mary Lamb), won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10.
The Middlesex County connection to “The...
LMVFD Auxiliary raised a record $35,000 in 2023
The year 2022 was a big year for the auxiliary of the Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (LMVFD), when it raised and donated $30,000 to the fire department in Deltaville. It was their largest annual donation ever.
Well, 2023 was...
Big Easter egg hunt, other fun coming up at DMM
Spring events kick off at Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park on March 17 with the final Turner Lecture of the year featuring Master Naturalist Betsy Washington speaking on “Native Plants — Beauty, Birds and the...
Christchurch Scouts BSA Troop 341 announces April 13 barbecue
Christchurch Scouts BSA Troop 341 is having its fourth annual barbecue dinner fundraiser on April 13. Pitmaster Jerry Lyndsay will be firing up the smoker and “Scoutmaster Rich” is making his delicious firehouse baked beans. Each family sized dinner...
Woman’s Club projects benefit MC community
The Middlesex County Woman’s Club (MCWC) has been busy with this year’s two main projects — working with Social Services by providing duffle bags full of care items for children being removed from their homes and placed into foster...
