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“From Bay Boats to Tug Boats” opens Turner Lecture Series

The Staff and volunteers at the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park are closing the museum itself this month for a winter cleaning. But at the same time, preparation continues for the official events season opening...

MC Woman’s Club bread-baking fun set for Jan. 15

The beginning of 2024 means it’s time for the seventh annual Middlesex County Woman’s Club Bread-Baking Class. This year’s class is set for  10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at the group’s clubhouse in the colonial courthouse at 202...

Genealogy society will examine slavery in Virginia

The next meeting of the Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society, which includes members from Middlesex County, is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, and will be conducted online. The meeting will feature a talk by historian...

Bay Aging brings Yule joy to 70-plus needy older adults

Urbanna-based Bay Aging recently announced the success of its recent initiative to bring joy to the lives of more than 70 low-income older adults in Middlesex County, as well as the rest of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck....

Christmas comes to Middlesex

For more Christmas photos and Middlesex children’s letters to Santa, see our Annual Christmas Greetings section, starting on page B1 of this week's Sentinel.

Sentinel will next appear Jan. 4, 2024

The Dec. 21 issue of the Southside Sentinel is the final one of the year. After it is published, the staff will be on its annual Christmas week vacation and the next issue will be published on Thursday, Jan....

Christmas Friends charity completes its 38th year

Months of preparation and the involvement of hundreds of volunteers came to a happy end Saturday with the delivery of Christmas Friends gifts to 205 needy children and 61 senior adults in Middlesex County. Volunteers in vans and trucks carried...

Lord Delaware Bridge maintenance project begins

Travelers crossing the Lord Delaware Bridge on Route 33 over the Mattaponi River between the Town of West Point and King and Queen County are asked to be alert for crews, equipment and work zone barrier as a bridge...

Warming waters bring new ‘tropical visitors’ to Chesapeake Bay

by Jeremy Cox -  Bobby Graves was trying to win a fishing tournament. A $1,000 prize was on the line for catching the weekend’s biggest spotted seatrout in a zone encompassing the lower reaches of the Wicomico and Nanticoke rivers...

Jackson Creek Christmas Cruise tickets on sale now

Nauti Nell’s and J&W still selling for all four departure times There are still tickets available for the Jackson Creek Christmas Cruise, set for Friday, Dec. 8, rain or shine. There are tickets for all times: 4:30 p.m., 5:30...

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