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by Mary Ann McKay -  “Tails and Tales” is the theme of the Middlesex County Public Library (MCPL) summer reading program this year for 2½ year olds through rising fifth grade students. The stories will be about animals that are...

Urbanna Town Councilor Marjorie Austin presented the June “Urbanna Yard of the Month” award to Sue, Brendan and Teagan Harris at their home Thursday, June 3, on Colorado Avenue. The Harris’ were presented a print of the John Mitchell...

At this week’s Middlesex Kiwanis meeting, the speaker was Tara Rudo, a Marine Education specialist at the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Rudo spoke about the critical importance of the wetlands that make up a sizeable portion of...

Wearing his U.S. Marines ball cap, ex-leatherneck Darrell Sears (above) of Urbanna isn’t about to let a little drizzle hold him back as he leads a line of 20 golf carts down Virginia Street Saturday. In recognition of it...

by Brindley Lowe and Bill Powell -  Arts in the Middle (AIM) Juried Fine Arts Festival returns to beautiful Hewick Plantation this Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6. Revered as The Best Art Event in eastern Virginia by Virginia Living...

New permanent Va. state holiday commemorates end of slavery There will be a Middlesex County Juneteenth celebration parade at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 26. The parade will start at Middlesex High School, go down General Puller Highway (Route 33)...

(Editor’s note: As of Tuesday morning, the Virginia Department of Public Health reported 575 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlesex County. There were 25 Middlesex patient COVID-19-related hospitalizations and 20 deaths involving Middlesex residents. The Virginia Department of Public Health...

Musicians to perform Celtic, bluegrass, jazz, rock, country, blues and Americana tunes Arts in the Middle has a terrific music lineup for its upcoming festival, organizers say. The festival is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, at...

by Tom Chillemi -  Town of Urbanna and the Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation are co-hosting “May Daze in Urbanna” on Saturday, May 29, in Taber Park on Rappahannock Avenue and Bonner Street. The events begin at 10 a.m. with a golf...

Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM) first semi-annual car show for 2021 will be presented on the museum grounds from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 26. The car show is open to all classic cars and antique tractors with no club...