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MC supervisors grapple with ways to balance budget
What to do about boat tax discussed?
by Larry Chowning -
During a budget work session on Tuesday, March 2, County Administrator Matt Walker provided a scenario of raising personal property taxes to balance a proposed fiscal year 2021-2022 budget.
Walker made...
Study: MC may need to put up millions for sewer system
Customers expected to pay $10,000 hook-up fee and $100-plus a month on average
by Tom Chillemi -
The Middlesex County Capital Improvement Plan for 2021-2025 calls for an investment of $19 million by Middlesex County over five years to build...
Mayor and half of council at odds with town attorney
by Tom Chillemi -
A long simmering feud boiled over at the Urbanna Town Council’s Feb. 25 meeting.
Alliances were clear among the councilors following a tied vote to look for another town attorney.
For more than 13 years, Andy Bury has...
Razing Remlik home OK’d; reportedly didn’t meet code
by Larry Chowning -
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved $5,000 on Feb. 2 to demolish an unsafe and unoccupied home located at 1884 Old Virginia St. near Hilliard’s Mill Pond in Remlik.
Middlesex County Attorney Heather Lewis informed the...
Rep. Wittman votes no on COVID-19 relief package
U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st Dist., issued the following statement after voting “no” on the Democratic Partisan Reconciliation Package, H.R. 1319, which passed on the House floor Saturday:
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have been clear that any...
Northam eases some COVID-19 restrictions
by Don Richeson -
Virginians will be able to gather socially outdoors in groups of 25 starting March 1, up from the current limit of 10, Gov. Ralph Northam announced in a Wednesday, Feb. 24 news release. He also said...
Rappahannock Oysters Excel
Oystermen report harvesting bounty of “real beauties” near Urbanna this season
by Tom Chillemi -
Some of the best oystering in years on the Rappahannock River comes to a close on Feb. 28.
Oyster grounds in Areas 6 and 7 near Urbanna...
Deltaville path plan advances; bridge unlikely
VDOT to pay 80 percent of estimated $1 million Stingray Pt. to LMVFD trail
by Larry Chowning -
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved on Feb. 2 a “local share” $200,235 match as part of a $1 million Virginia...
Middlesex schools seek more taxpayer funding
by Larry Chowning -
There were no public attendees and no comments from the public on a proposed fiscal year 2021-2022 $19,527,625 budget at a Middlesex County School Board (MCSB) budget public hearing Monday at St. Clare Walker Middle School.
The...
COVID-19 fears close MC schools one day
by Larry Chowning -
The threat of COVID-19 cases associated with the schools continues to hamper in-school learning in the Middlesex County Public Schools system (MCPS).
School superintendent Dr. Peter Gretz reported Thursday, Feb. 18, that MCPS was canceling all in-school...
