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Public speaks out on noise ordinance
Supervisors rescind in 4-1 May 5 vote
On Tuesday, May 5, Supervisors voted, 4-1, to rescind the ordinance that had been approved at the April 7 public hearing. Back in February, Pinetop District representative Randy Crittenden brought the noise issue up...
Police Unity Tour visits Urbanna
Nearly 100 cyclists representing the Police Unity Tour bound for Washington, D.C., arrived in Urbanna on Sunday to recognize Middlesex County Chief Deputy Robert Talmadge Hicks, who ran off the Urbanna bridge and drowned on May 20, 1984.
The group...
Public can sound off on $37,345,788 MC budget
The public can sound off on the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors’ proposed $37,345,788 budget at a public hearing set for 7 p.m., Thursday, May 21 at the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse, 865 General Puller Highway, Saluda. The budget,...
Teacher pay falling behind prompts $1,000 bonuses
The Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) voted unanimously in April, to give a $1,000 “retention” bonus to all Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) employees who are returning for the fiscal year 2026-2027 (FY 26-27) school year.
The approval came on...
Middlesex supervisors vote 4-1 to rescind noise ordinance
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted, 4-1, on Tuesday, May 5, to rescind a noise ordinance passed by the board in April. The board agreed to create a committee to formulate a more compatible ordinance for rural Middlesex.
Supervisors...
Longtime civic leader Russ Russell celebrates 100
Longtime civic leader and Middlesex County Kiwanian Russ Russell of Urbanna turned 100 years old on Friday, May 1!
Russ and his wife, the late Pat Garnett Russell, moved to Urbanna in 1981 on Russ’ retirement as a captain in...
Assessor: Middlesex properties up 25-40% in value
At the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 7, real estate assessor Jason Cowan of Cowan Services LLC provided a detailed update on the current countywide real estate reassessment, which is showing 25% to 40% value increase...
Norris bridge fatalities case gets venue change
Lancaster County Circuit Court Judge John S. Martin last week granted a change of venue for a trial on charges related to a July 2025 fatal three-vehicle crash on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge. The trial scheduled...
Deltaville deadrise Henry Clay finds new life
Now in Maryland as the Driftwood
For many decades, Deltaville was Virginia’s wooden deadrise/cross-planked boatbuilding capital with boatbuilders and boatbuilding sheds scattered along the shores of Broad and Jackson creeks.
Wooden boat buyers came from up and down the Chesapeake Bay...
Sound off on expansion of water system
Control of the expansion of central water systems in Middlesex County by the Middlesex County Water Authority (MCWA) will go before the public at a public hearing on Tuesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Middlesex County Historic...
