Community
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...
Festival contest hopefuls selling baked items Sat. at D-ville Deltas game
Urbanna Oyster Festival queen contestant, Sara Hale, and her Little Miss Spat co-contestant, Piper Gill, will host a bake sale set for 7 p.m. this Saturday, July 30, at the Deltaville Deltas baseball game at Deltaville Ballpark.
During the game,...
Car of missing man with MC ties discovered
The car of a missing man who has multiple Middlesex County connections has been found. Juan G. Ward, 53, who has been missing since May 25, was last seen in Woodbridge in northern Virginia. Ward, who is the son of Elizabeth Ward and...
Norris Bridge safety rated as “fair”
by Jackie Nunnery -
The decades-long process to replace the aging Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge continues with the addition of $5 million in the recently passed state budget. Funding to replace the bridge, which opened in 1957,...
Urbanna DMV Select builds for the future; is losing money now
by Tom Chillemi -
Urbanna’s DMV Select, which opened in February, lost $28,000 in the fiscal year that ended June 30, Urbanna Town Councilor Bill Goldsmith reported at a recent council meeting. “We anticipate that it will be a...
Deltaville, Urbanna libraries continue Paws to Read for beginning readers
by Carrie Dos Santos -
The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system’s “Paws to Read” program is a hit for children this summer. Volunteers have well-behaved dogs available for children to read to starting at 11:15 a.m. on Tuesdays...
HVFD firefighters supported
The Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department (HVFD) Auxiliary recently donated proceeds from its thrift store to the fire department. HVFD Auxiliary Treasurer Ceil Rector, wearing light blue pants, presents a check to HVFD Treasurer Jamie Revere. The thrift store is...
