Community

On July 18, the Middlesex County Rotary Club installed new officers for the 2023-2024 Rotary Year. They include, from left, Treasurer Barry Coffman, Area Governor Stephen Gahan, President Martha Heric and Secretary Jim Knupp. Middlesex Rotary meets at 8...

Grasses like wheat, rye, barley, corn and the rest gave mankind the ability to control food. Agriculture sparked civilizations. Nomads no longer had to hunt and gather food. If the crops grew well enough they could stay in one place...

The Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM) Holly Point Market runs 9 a.m.-1 p.m. this Saturday and there’ll be vendors in the arbors, live music in the open pavilion, donation-only admission to DMM, workboat tours on the pier, model trains in...

Join Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry on Saturday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. The annual Sounds of Summer show will be at Mathews High School’s Harry M. Ward auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30...

River Counties Community Foundation (RCCF) recently honored the 65 nonprofit organizations in Middlesex, Lancaster and Northumberland counties that were awarded 68 grants totaling nearly $1.2 million. The community impact grants were in the areas of community vibrancy, economic prosperity, health...

On July 4, a clue on the television game show “Jeopardy!” referred to the Urbanna Oyster Festival. During Double Jeopardy in the category “U.S. Festivals” the answer stated, “At the Urbanna, Va. Oyster Festival, this contest is mainly about speed,...

Not one, but two award-winning local bands and musicians will perform at the Groovin’ in the Park concert series on the waterfront stage 5-8 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park. Tickets...

Local author and Virginia Poet Laureate Emerita Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Ph.D., right, recently donated a copy of “The Centennial Anthology of The Poetry Society of Virginia” to the Middlesex County Public Library system’s Deltaville branch. Kreiter-Foronda was a co-author of...

Prinseya Bagby, an agent for New York Life Insurance Company, will do a presentation on financial security in connection with the Middlesex County NAACP. This seminar is open to all and will be offered 4 p.m. Sunday, July 16,...

Fireworks (above) burst in the sky above a sell-out Deltaville Ballpark crowd on Saturday night, as the Deltaville Community Association brought back a fireworks show to Deltaville for the first time in more than a decade. Be sure to...