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Protect your dogs and cats from summer heat dangers
by Cate Ogden, Middlesex Pet Friends for Life -
As we welcome August, Middlesex Pet Friends for Life (MPFL) wants to remind Middlesex County pet owners to keep their pets safe in the extraordinarily high temperatures we’ve been experiencing. It...
Explorer and Luna off to Urbanna for Aug. 5 Founders Day
I’m not sure how many of you are really aware of all the ways the volunteers and staff at the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) are getting out the word of Middlesex County and its heritage but, just this coming...
MC Rotary installs new officers
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...
Middlesex boasts beautiful amber waves of grain
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...
Fun abounds at Saturday’s market at Deltaville Maritime Museum
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 Saturday in Mathews
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 honors grant recipients
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...
Urbanna Oyster Festival mentioned on “Jeopardy!”
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,...
Rip Tide, Archer and Neal to perform at Groovin’
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...
Deltaville library receives book donation from Virginia Poet Laureate
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...
