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Sailing class sessions meet in Deltaville
The Colonial Seaport Foundation, the Mathews Outdoor Club and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Mathews Flotilla 66, are teaming up to offer an introductory “Sailing Skills and Seamanship” class, Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The class...
Children’s summer reading starts June 20 at MCPL
by Carrie Dos Santos -
The Middlesex County Public Library’s (MCPL) children’s Summer Reading Program is almost here! Come by either the MCPL Deltaville branch or Urbanna branch to pick up a flyer with details and register your child.
Children...
Juneteenth festival slated for June 18 at MHS
A Juneteenth festival is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at Middlesex High School at 454 General Puller Highway in Saluda. Come and enjoy the day, bring your lawn chairs. There will be a children’s corner, classic cars...
June 25 car show at Deltaville Maritime Museum
The rescheduled Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) car show/cruise-in is set for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 25. (The original car show on May 7 was rained out.) The show is open to all classic cars, trucks and tractors. Preregistration...
Jubal, others to play at Ukraine fundraiser
Little has been spared in Ukraine. Houses, apartments, churches and hospitals have been bombed and damaged by Russian troops. Many are horrified by what is seen on TVs or through social media. Cities are destroyed, lives are upended and...
Museums Of Middlesex supports Arts in the Middle
Arts in the Middle (AIM) Juried Fine Arts Festival returns to beautiful Hewick Plantation at 5123 Old Virginia St. near Urbanna on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5.
The Museums Of Middlesex (MOM), is an LLC formed in 2015 of four...
Woman with Urbanna ties delivering needed dollars to Ukrainians seeking aid
Her mother, Urbanna’s Martha Heric, assisting in collection of donations
by Larry Chowning -
Dariusz Siuta, 39, of New York and his fiancée Kelly Proctor, formerly of Urbanna, will be traveling to Siuta’s home of Rzeszow, Poland, in July. They...
Chesapeake Bay blue crab population plummets
by Jeremy Cox -
The new winter dredge survey conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Virginia Institute of Marine Science and released May 19 found an estimated 227 million crabs in the bay. The previous low...
Arts in the Middle Festival returns to Hewick June 4, 5
Arts in the Middle (AIM) Juried Fine Arts Festival returns to beautiful Hewick Plantation at 5123 Old Virginia St. near Urbanna on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5. It is an annual destination place for lovers of art as well...
Ten cases of COVID-19 hit Middlesex schools
by Larry Chowning -
The Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) system has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases as MCPS superintendent Tracey Seitz reported 10 cases associated with the schools last week.
There were no individuals required to quarantine because...
