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May 27 offers market, concert fun at Deltaville Maritime Museum
As Memorial Day approaches, the Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park enters their 2023 events season and the park and gardens are in full bloom.
On Saturday, May 27, the Holly Point market is set for 9...
Urbanna Town Marina hosts educational event
The Urbanna Town Marina was a busy place last week as the town’s waterfront was used as a platform to conduct several educational programs for school children.
Lowell School from Washington, D.C., a private prekindergarten through eighth grade school, brought...
Arts in the Middle Festival brings music & art to Hewick Plantation
The annual Arts in the Middle (AIM) Fine Arts Festival on June 3 and 4 at Hewick Plantation near Urbanna will once again offer an extravaganza of fine arts offerings: a weekend full of visual, performing, literary and culinary...
Urbanna needs teen center “If I Were Mayor” contestant writes
by Viktorija Gobush
GUEST COLUMNIST
Have you ever wondered what teenagers do for fun in Urbanna, Va.? Well, if you ask me, there is not much for them to do here. Currently, teenagers just go to the park to hang out,...
Newly born miniature horse gets its footing in Wake stable
A baby miniature horse, born earlier this spring — April 18 — at Little Wonder Horse Farm in Wake, was just days old when this photo was taken. It may grow up to pull a mini cart or perform...
You can immerse yourself in MC history at museum’s fundraiser
On Sunday, May 21, from 2-4 p.m. at historic Providence near Hardyville, the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society’s spring fundraiser, “An Afternoon at Providence,” will take place. Visitors will be transported back some 250 years with various educational...
Saluda Juneteenth events announced
Juneteenth 2023 will “celebrate freedom” on Saturday, June 10, with a parade and festival at Middlesex High School (MHS) in Saluda.
The family event is open to the public and will be educating, empowering and entertaining, organizers say. Exhibits and...
Three big entertainment series launch this Saturday, May 13 at Taber, firehouse
Fun abounds in downtown Urbanna this Saturday, May 13 as three big annual entertainment series launch their 2023 seasons.
The year’s inaugural Urbanna Farmers Market is set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Taber Park on Rappahannock Avenue at Bonner Street....
New VA250 Middlesex group meets; looking at ways to mark revolution
The Virginia American Revolution VA250 Commission is a state commission that is encouraging counties and localities to participate in a celebration of the revolutionary events during the 1773-1776 era. Local celebrations can take place through the year 2026.
On Monday,...
Flat Tones to headline Groovin’ in Deltaville Saturday
Who are the Flat Tones? “We all were golfing friends that realized we all had the same love and passion for music so we started playing and practicing for fun and our personal enjoyment. We started playing doo wop...
