Community

The Middlesex Water Authority (MWA) system serving central and eastern Middlesex County is nearly complete and will come in at a cost of $29.4 million, MWA Executive Director Jim Nagy reported to the Middlesex Board of Supervisors during...

by Larry Chowning - The Heritage Committee is seeking Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) status for the Cooks Corner community through the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR). The committee was formed in 2019 and is made up of alumni of...

“Captain Billy Wyatt, 78, of Topping, lost the legendary Sundancer II on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He had been fishing the Rappahannock River for nearly 60 years when on a normal winter morning while gearing up for one of the...

by Jackie Nunnery - The Northern Neck Foundation (NNF) has been created with a goal of bringing back the beloved Northern Neck Ginger Ale, a product of Westmoreland County for nearly a century. The group, whose board of directors includes...

Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park opens its 2023 Turner Lecture Series with a presentation on Sunday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. DMM Boat Shop Director John England will lay out the history of museum boatbuilding,...

The busy pace for Christmas Friends that began in early November came to a happy end Saturday with the delivery of gifts to 213 needy children and 71 senior adults in Middlesex County. Volunteers in vans and trucks carrying the...

by Tom Chillemi - For 27 years the Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade has been one magical night each year that brings out the children in all of us. “Hometown” sums up the event presented on the first Friday of December....

If you have not already done so, be sure to send in your request to the Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary to honor or remember someone you care about. It is also a great time to let first...

Six-year-old Jarren Hines tells Santa he wants a shotgun, decoys and a goose caller to go hunting this winter with his father. Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves were all at the Chesapeake Inn in Urbanna Friday as part...

Jalen Wynn, No. 228, pulls into the lead Saturday morning as scores of youngsters surge forward at the start of the children’s fun run, which immediately preceded the Middlesex Family YMCA-benefit Jingle Bell 5K. Watching in the far right...