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Children’s art also needed for special section The Southside Sentinel will again publish “Letters to Santa” from local children in its special “Christmas Greetings” section in the Thursday, Dec. 18, issue. Parents and school teachers are urged to encourage their...

Because area post offices will be closed on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 27, the Southside Sentinel will appear a day early -- on Wednesday, Nov. 26 -- and the deadline for display ads is 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21....

Often stayed on his workboat; sometimes docked in Middlesex A deceased Lancaster County man has been linked to the sexual assault and murder of a woman who went missing in Gloucester County in 1988. Through advanced DNA technology, Alan W....

The Virginia State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred Monday, Nov. 17, near Grey’s Point on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge. At approximately 3:02 p.m., troopers responded to the eastbound lane of the bridge for a...

Thousands came to the 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival for different reasons. It was a fashion show. There was music, shopping, and foods to tempt the palate.  For some it was a homecoming of sorts… you might see people that you...

Blakelee Anderson crowned Little Miss Spat Kallie Robins was crowned Queen of the 68th Urbanna Oyster Festival and Blakelee Anderson was crowned Little Miss Spat at the Urbanna firehouse on Friday, Nov. 7. As the 2025 Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen, Robins...

Middlesex County Planning Director David Kretz brought some good news to the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, Nov. 5, in that the Mill Creek Landing in Wake may be dredged in the next three to four weeks. Kretz...

120 dwellings on 103 acres of land located on Urbanna Creek More than 20 years after a plan was unveiled to build homes on Rosegill farm, some new activity involving former farm acreage bordering Urbanna Creek has come before...

They will be recycled to make new oysters The Town of Urbanna Marina is the location of the “Friends of the Rappahannock” oyster shell recycling bin, which is where shells can be taken for recycling from the Urbanna Oyster Festival. Every...

The United States Postal Service has approved a pictorial oyster festival postmark honoring the 68th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, which is this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, in Urbanna. Urbanna Postmaster Dana Longest said that the postmark, which...