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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...

Applications are open for Arts in the Middle’s local artist tent for the 2022 festival. Presented just outside Urbanna, Arts in the Middle is consistently rated one of the best outdoor art shows in Virginia. It is a perennial favorite...

by Larry Chowning - Although cases went down last week, COVID-19 continues to plague the Middlesex County Public Schools as there were 19 active cases in school buildings and on buses and 50 close contacts, resulting in quarantines. “We continue...

The Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society announces the addition of Holly Horton as its new director starting this month. Horton worked with the museum in the past upon completion of her master’s degree in Museum Studies from Johns...

by Tom Samuel - The Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) system is pleased to announce that we will be offering Beanstack starting Feb. 1. Beanstack is an innovative web platform/mobile “app”-based program designed to engage people of all ages...