Community
Middlesex NAACP offering assistance
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,...
DELTAVILLE, URBANNA MARK 4TH
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...
National Park Service’s ‘Chesapeake Rover’ at July 22 market
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...
Second novel out for Topping’s Howell
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...
More Wright skiffs completed at DMM
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...
Many helped make Hometown Heroes a success
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, Deltaville each set to offer big fireworks displays
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...
DMM needs donations to bring projects to life
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...
“Hey, White Girl” event draws big Urbanna crowd
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,...
Taber Park Pavilion open house slated
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...
