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by Larry Chowning -  Middlesex Broadband Authority (MBA) has been awarded an $882,935 Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant to extend broadband to areas in the county closely located to where Atlantic Broadband (ABB) services end. The grant was part of a...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) is moving forward to install new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) rooftop units at Middlesex Elementary School (MES) in Locust Hill. The MCBS voted unanimously on March 2 to...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved on March 2 a $36,000 appropriation to adhere to a Virginia State Board of Elections (VSBE) mandate requiring the Middlesex County Electoral Board (MCEB) to upgrade electronic poll-books. MCEB...

MC supervisors surprised by price tag on revamp of Whiting Creek Landing by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors learned at its March 2 board meeting that the low bid for the Whiting Creek parking and bulkhead...

by Tom Chillemi -  Debbie’s Family Restaurant in Locust Hill lost most of its lunchtime business on March 25 when construction crews laying pipe for the Middlesex Water Authority dug across the entrance, said owner Debbie Warnick. Construction crews were supposed...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors is moving ahead with support of a skateboard park near the old Rappahannock Central Elementary (RCE) School at Cooks Corner. At the supervisors March 2 meeting, they voted to accept a...

by Larry Chowning -  The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted to declare the month of March as the 19th annual March for Meals month as a way to thank all those involved in Meals on Wheels. At the March 2...

Anglers’ bass boat takes on water, slips into the Dragon Run by Tom Chillemi -  A simple disposable Bic cigarette lighter helped three stranded men survive a frigid night after their boat sank in the Dragon Run. Three Gloucester men were fishing...

Additional person tests positive for COVID-19 after being at a MC school by Larry Chowning -  Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) announced on March 17 that in-person learning four days a week will officially start on Monday, April 12. School will...

by Larry Chowning -  Middlesex County (MC) attorney Heather Lewis announced at the March 2 MC Board of Supervisors meeting that clerk of the Middlesex County Circuit Court Lynn Dunlevy will retire on March 31. A Middlesex native, Dunlevy, 66, went...