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The National Park Service (NPS) Chesapeake Bay and its principal partner, the Chesapeake Conservancy, have dispatched the “Roving Ranger” around the Chesapeake Bay. This is a mobile visitor center for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (Chesapeake...

David Brown Howell of Topping has released his second book, a historical novel entitled “Buried Dreamer.” The setting is in 1847, where Samantha waits tables and serves grog at Logan’s Tavern in Campbeltown, Scotland. She joins the love of her...

by Gary Cook -  The Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM) 19th annual Family Boatbuilding Week (FBW) concluded this past Saturday morning with the Great Skiff Race on Jackson Creek. The program was begun in 2002, according to Bill Powell, the museum’s...

The featured speaker at the June 23 Hometown Heroes banners dedication ceremony was U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Christopher Easter, who also is a Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office deputy. This is the second year for the banners that honor...

Urbanna fireworks, other fun Urbanna’s Independence Day-themed celebration is set for Friday, June 30, at the Urbanna Town Marina on Urbanna Creek. Activities begin at Urbanna marina at 5 p.m. Music will be provided by Kevin Gentry and disc jockey Wayne...

As reminder for all the friends and members of the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and those interested in preserving Chesapeake Bay maritime history… the DMM maritime park is in the middle of fundraising a matching grant that gives $2 for...

On June 20, an impressive crowd gathered in the Middlesex County Woman’s Club (MCWC) building (the colonial courthouse) in Urbanna to listen to local author Judith Bice. The book clubs of Middlesex County Public Library and the Woman’s Club,...

The Bristow Community Pavilion at Taber Park in Urbanna is nearing completion and the Urbanna Business Association (UBA) will conduct an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 1. The pavilion has been constructed in honor of...

by Tom Chillemi and Don Richeson -  Middlesex County will offer two big community fireworks displays this year on different evenings in the days leading up to Independence Day — Urbanna will continue its annual fireworks display and Deltaville is...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and states of Virginia and Maryland are working to encourage the growth of oysters on the Chesapeake Bay to enhance the  environmental and economic significance of the bay’s oysters. The Virginia public oyster...