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by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved installing a bulkhead and parking lot at the Whiting Creek public landing and ramp at Locust Hill. Supervisors voted to approve a $70,392 contract with William Wills Contractor...

The appearance of this Christmas Friends sign in front of the Southside Sentinel in Urbanna signals the start of the holiday campaign. Bettie Lee and Fred Gaskins of the Sentinel installed the banner Monday. Christmas Friends Inc., the local charity that...

The Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge was temporarily shut down around 8 a.m. Wednesday, November 17, after a driver passed out and drove his automobile into the Rappahannock River.

by Tom Chillemi -  On Veterans Day America reflects on the sacrifice of those who served to keep America free. Something is lost in the translation of war statistics when battle statistics are listed in mass numbers. It’s hard to...

State arson team investigating series of blazes in K&Q houses of worship, including one on Nov. 2 by Larry Chowning -  Fire destroyed yet another church in King and Queen (K&Q) County as New Hope Memorial Baptist Church near Glenns was...

The following case was heard in Middlesex County Circuit Court on Nov. 3, with Judge Jeffrey Shaw presiding and reported by Middlesex Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Hurd. William Ervie Robinson III, 32, of Hartfield was before the court for a show cause alleging a...

Fire destroyed New Hope Memorial Baptist Church in King & Queen (K&Q) County near Glenns Tuesday. State police investigators on the scene said the fire is under investigation and this is the third K&Q church to burn in just...

Supervisors races decided with Harris, Koontz wins; McMurtrie captures school board seat By Don Richeson -  By a three-to-one margin, Middlesex County voters participating in an advisory referendum in the general election Tuesday said they want to keep the 1910 Daughters...

by Tom Chillemi -  Urbanna has more than a dozen projects pending. Some of them involve major construction, such as a new community swimming pool, a new well, upgrading and installing fire hydrants, repairing a culvert (a short bridge) leading...

The Faulkner family, which has operated funeral homes in this area for generations, recently welcomed a member of the newest generation to its staff. He is Chas Faulkner, 19, believed to be the youngest Funeral Service Licensee in Virginia, and possibly even in the nation.