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Family research at Library of Virginia to be meeting topic
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will conduct its monthly meeting “virtually” on Saturday, March 11, at 11 a.m. The meeting will feature a talk entitled, “Finding Your Roots at the Library of Virginia.” The talk will...
Speaker series to focus on ‘Dean of the Chesapeake’
The Steamboat Era Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Irvington, will present the second session in the Second Saturday Series at 3:30 p.m. March 11.
The public is invited to hear speakers talk about the Steamboat Era and Chesapeake Bay heritage...
Flat Tones and Paige Melton to open 2023 Groovin’ season
Advance tickets and members only ticket packages are now in the mail and on sale for the Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM’s) Groovin’ in the Park 2023, a casual, waterfront, concert series. This will be the 15th season of Groovin’...
Life of Afghan woman topic of next Great Decisions program
The topic for the fifth 2023 Great Decisions lecture series program will be “A Woman’s Life in Afghanistan” and it will feature Tabasum Wolayat, who has experienced first-hand the oppressive rule of the Taliban government. The free, in-person lecture...
Middlesex County Habitat for Humanity recruiting for a new homeowner family
The Middlesex County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity has just welcomed a homeowner to their new home in Wake and has started construction on a home for another family. It is now looking for a family to build its...
MC Relay for Life slated for March 11 at Bethpage
The 2023 Middlesex County American Cancer Society-benefit Relay For Life is set for 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Bethpage Camp-Resort, 679 Browns Lane, near Urbanna (use the new entrance off Old Virginia Street).
The fundraiser is open to...
Famed explorer’s link to MC probed
The search is still on for historical document proof that William Clark’s ancestors are from Middlesex County and that Clark left on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition from the Gressitt House in Urbanna.
The Middlesex County Museum and Historical...
Service members banners to again adorn lampposts
The Town of Urbanna Hometown Heroes banner program will return this year with a new banner design. The program serves as a tribute to recognize service men and women, either from Urbanna or friends and family of Urbanna residents,...
Latin America politics topic of next program in Great Decisions series
The topic for the fourth 2023 Great Decisions lecture series program will be Politics in Latin America and it will feature Christopher Newport University Dean of the College of Social Sciences Tatiana Rizova. The free, in-person lecture is set...
Deltaville car show scheduled for May 6
The first 2023 Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) Car Show is set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 6, which is also the opening day for DMM’s Holly Point farmers market and Groovin’ in the Park summer concert series.
“It is...
