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UMVFD Oyster and Ham Dinner coming up
The ever popular Oyster and Ham Dinner is set for Saturday, March 21, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department located at 4583 Waterview Road.
Besides oyster and ham, the fund raiser dinner includes home-cooked side dishes...
Becky Bullock is co-owner of markets in Urbanna and D’ville
Becky Bullock is the co-owner of two well-known, longtime grocery stores in Middlesex County — Urbanna Market and Deltaville Hometown IGA. She is the behind-the-scenes force that keeps operations at the popular stores running smoothly. While she’s worked at...
Walnut Hill Auctions’ Carolyn Extine shows female leadership
Carolyn Extine of Walnut Hill Auctions is changing the way the Middle Peninsula thinks about auctions.
“A faded photograph sat tucked away in a trunk for generations — unseen, unknown. Until an auction brought it back to the family and...
Sheri Blake operates K9 Bubble Baths
Sheri Blake started K9 Bubble Baths in April 2017 after working more than 30 years as a legal secretary.
“My passion has always been animals, horses and dogs,” she said. “I began showing Shetland sheepdogs in 1985 and bred my...
Art in Transit competition opens
Urbanna-based Bay Transit, a division of Bay Aging, and the RAL Art Center, recently launched Art in Transit 2026, the region’s signature annual art competition that transforms a Bay Transit bus into a moving work of art.
Each year, artists...
Deltaville library’s Kids Carnival set for March 21
The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) is pleased to announce the return of the Kids Carnival to the MCPL Deltaville branch on Saturday March 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
An annual favorite for many years, the Kids...
‘Steamboats on the Chesapeake’ now online
Those who missed local screenings of “Steamboats on the Chesapeake” now have a chance. The one-hour documentary can be streamed at no charge on the Northern Neck History Channel, on YouTube.
The film, produced as a way to benefit the...
Middlesex Pet Friends for Life preparing for Low Country Boil
Middlesex Pet Friends for Life (MPFL) is busily preparing for our major annual fundraiser, The Low Country Boil, Festival for the Animals. Save the date of May 2. It will once again be offered at the pavilion at the...
Early voting to begin on Friday
According to the Virginia Department of Elections, early voting will begin Friday, March 6, for the upcoming statewide referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting.
Early voting will continue through Saturday, April 18. Saturday voting also will be...
MC 250 will present ‘Finding Freedom’
“Finding Freedom: Exploring the Stories of African-American Men and Women in Revolutionary War Virginia” is the title of a program to be sponsored by the Middlesex County, Virginia 250 Committee on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. at St....
