Community

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...