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Virginia legislature recognizes former Deltaville resident Evelyn Turner
Evelyn Turner saluted last month for 100th birthday
by Jane Cutler -
It is altogether fitting that last month, on the occasion of her 100th birthday, the Virginia General Assembly commended longtime Deltaville resident Evelyn Stearns Turner “for her lifetime of...
Market, Groovin’ slated for Aug.27
Well August is here and hopefully we will see a turning down of the heat as we at DMM present our Holly Point Market featuring 30-plus vendors. The market is set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, followed...
Dist. 1 hopefuls Jones, Wittman to speak at picnic
U.S. Rep. Robert Wittman, R-1st Dist., incumbent, and Democratic challenger Herb Jones, will speak at the Northern Neck Chapter 1823 National Active and Retired Federal Employees’ (NARFE) annual fall picnic on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The picnic will begin at noon...
Middlesex residents among Master Naturalists graduates
Middle Peninsula Master Naturalists (MPMN) conducted a graduation event earlier this summer at Machicomoco State Park. This is the third graduating class for this new Master Naturalists’ chapter, which was established in 2019. The new enthusiast citizen scientists include,...
REMEMBERING A FELLOW FIREFIGHTER
Firefighters and many others from the community gathered Saturday in Urbanna for a memorial service for longtime firefighter Keith Townsend. Townsend died on June 17.
Townsend was a beloved firefighter who voluntarily served the Urbanna-based Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD)...
Urbanna Founders Day is Saturday
The Town of Urbanna’s annual Founders Day celebration is set for this Saturday, Aug. 6. Costumed, colonial-style fife and drum musicians and the “town crier’s” proclamation reading will open the day’s activities at 51 Cross St., the Taylor building, at...
White Stone workshop, youth to present comedy
Nearly 30 youth have been participating in this month’s Lancaster Players Youth Theatre Workshop in White Stone. Their production of “Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit” by Jonathan Rand will be presented at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at The Playhouse,...
Report scams to authorities
A jury scam continues to make its way through the state, reported Amanda M. Howie, administrator with the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys (VACA).
The most recent jury scam report comes from Montgomery County, she said in an email this...
“What the heck is a buyboat?”
(Editor’s note: The Deltaville Maritime Museum’s restored and nationally historic registered log buyboat F.D. Crockett is one of eight restored buyboats and other historic craft that are this summer visiting visiting Onancock, Horn Harbor in Mathews, Smithfield Station,...
County museum opens new exhibit
Middlesex County Museum’s special open house for its new “Middlesex Early Inhabitants” exhibit is set for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. The exhibit showcases fossils and Native American artifacts found in the waters and soils of Virginia. This family...
