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Steam engine

The design dates to the 1930s and requires two operators, one to monitor the pressure so it does not go above 150 pounds per square inch, explained exhibitor Chip Carpenter of Advance Services Solutions located in Louisa. The two-cylinder engine...

Air Tractor 802A

The 802A is the world’s largest single engine agriculture aircraft and can carry a payload of 9,500 pounds and up to 800 gallons of fertilizer or pesticides. It was used to seed the construction area around the new runway...

1930 Cadillac

A perennial favorite at Wings, Wheels and Keels is Alan Merkel’s 1930 Cadillac “All Weather Phaeton” with body by Fleetwood, which was voted first in its class by exhibitors. It is one of 21 examples that are know to...

1962 Cadillac

Chase Taylor wanted to buy a car for his wife Whitney. She had some very specific criteria for her dream car. It had to be old, big, long, with fins, a convertible and it had to be “sparkling” pink....

Four Waltons Named Captains of 2022 Urbanna Oyster Festival

Brothers Thomas Lee, Tony, Ricky and Thomas Lee’s son, Lee will serve as captains of 65th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival by Larry Chowning - The Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation (UOFF) has named brothers and fourth generation Urbanna commercial watermen Thomas...

Colonial Seaport Foundation brings “Luna” to “Taste of Middlesex” fest

Deltaville Maritime Museum will open its new Saturday, Oct. 15 “Taste of Middlesex” festival with a car show and cruise-in on DMM grounds from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The “Luna,” a working replica of an early 18th century coastal trading sloop...

Festival Queen, Miss Spat hopefuls back Alzheimer’s fight

Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen contestant Courtney Harrow and her Little Miss Spat co-contestant Kayleigh Carias worked hard together throughout the summer to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease throughout their community. Courtney lost her grandmother to Alzheimer’s disease...

Middlesex County Museum presenting Preservation Award at its Oktoberfest

Middlesex County has been blessed with a long and storied life: And each year the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society honors a resident or organization that has made our county’s stories, our county history, a priority in their...

MHS Homecoming Parade set for Oct. 7

by Tom Chillemi - Middlesex High School’s (MHS) annual homecoming parade is set for 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 in Saluda, MHS Principal Susan Fleet told the Sentinel this week. (The line-up starts at 4:45 p.m.) The parade will start...

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