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At a recent meeting of the Middlesex Kiwanis Club, Kiwanians recognized Judy Wade and Beth Permelia as their newest honorary members. Middlesex residents and visitors will recognize Wade as the proprietor of the Virginia Street Café. Permelia may have...

Middlesex County participants gather at Hartfield’s Piankatank River Golf Club during the Dec. 27, 2021 Middle Peninsula Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The group includes, from left, V. Ross Johnson, Sector Leader Bill Blair, Rose Moncure, Ken Carroll, Mike Grose...

(Editor’s note: As of Tuesday, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 1,762 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County. There were 41 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 42 deaths involving Middlesex residents. The Virginia Department of Public Health cautions...

by Tom Chillemi - A controversial pier at the end of Virginia Street is back on the agenda for the Urbanna Town Council when it meets, Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. at the new “town hall” at 390...

Confederate battle flags (left) flew on the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse grounds in Saluda Saturday as demonstrators supporting the 1910 Daughters of the Confederacy monument there made their presence known. A local group known as “Vigil for Racial Justice and...

Talk at St. Clare Walker Middle School aims to help reverse upward trends in suicide, especially in those most at risk by Larry Chowning - Persistent upward trends in suicide in the United States have been steadily rising since 1981,...

Middlesex County NAACP Unit 7091’s special Founders Day-Black History Month program is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Freeshade Community Center at 1544 Regent Road in Topping. It will feature the “Fashion from the Motherland” African fashion show,...

by Carrie Dos Santos - Black History Month continues with celebrations, discussions, and history lessons online and in-person. Last week, we highlighted a few of the books available at Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system libraries in Deltaville and...

by Carrie Dos Santos - During February, the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system prominently displays some of the most critically-acclaimed latest Black history books in its collection in celebration of Black History Month. These books should not be...

The River Counties Community Foundation (RCCF) Advisory Board recently appointed two new Middlesex County members, according to RCCF Advisory Board Chairman Mason Brent. They are Dr. Jane Park Cutler, a Deltaville resident who is retired from a career in social...